for he party. it's not looking good for the snp. we party. it's not looking good for the snp- we have _ party. it's not looking good for the snp. we have been _ party. it's not looking good for the snp. we have been swept - party. it's not looking good for the snp. we have been swept aside i party. it's not looking good for the| snp. we have been swept aside by party. it's not looking good for the - snp. we have been swept aside by the starmer tsunami. _ snp. we have been swept aside by the starmer tsunami. wales _ snp. we have been swept aside by the starmer tsunami. wales once - snp. we have been swept aside by the starmer tsunami. wales once again - starmer tsunami. wales once again looks like a — starmer tsunami. wales once again looks like a tory — starmer tsunami. wales once again looks like a tory free _ starmer tsunami. wales once again looks like a tory free zone, - starmer tsunami. wales once again looks like a tory free zone, the - looks like a tory free zone, the first_ looks like a tory free zone, the first time — looks like a tory free zone, the first time in_ looks like a tory free zone, the first time in almost _ looks like a tory free zone, the first time in almost two - looks like a tory free zone, the| first time in almost two decades that the — first time in almost two decades that the welsh _ first time in almost two decades that the welsh conservatives . first time in almost two decades l that the welsh conservatives have failed _ that the welsh conservatives have failed to _ that the welsh conservatives have failed to win — that the welsh conservatives have failed to win any _ that the welsh conservatives have failed to win any seats _ that the welsh conservatives havel failed to win any seats whatsoever. the labour— failed to win any seats whatsoever. the labour party— failed to win any seats whatsoever. the labour party has _ failed to win any seats whatsoever. the labour party has won - failed to win any seats whatsoever. the labour party has won this - the labour party has won this general— the labour party has won this general election and i have caused sir keir_ general election and i have caused sir keir starmerto general election and i have caused sir keir starmer to congratulate him, _ sir keir starmer to congratulate him. and — sir keir starmer to congratulate him. and i— sir keir starmer to congratulate him, and i take responsibility for the toss — him, and i take responsibility for the loss. ., ., the loss. there we have it, at 4.45 in the morning. — the loss. there we have it, at 4.45 in the morning, rishi _ the loss. there we have it, at 4.45 in the morning, rishi sunak- the loss. there we have it, at 4.45 in the morning, rishi sunak saying explicitly— in the morning, rishi sunak saying exoticitly that _ in the morning, rishi sunak saying explicitly that it _ in the morning, rishi sunak saying explicitly that it is _ in the morning, rishi sunak saying explicitly that it is over. _ in the morning, rishi sunak saying explicitly that it is over. we - in the morning, rishi sunak saying explicitly that it is over.— explicitly that it is over. we can now say with — explicitly that it is over. we can now say with certainty - explicitly that it is over. we can now say with certainty that - explicitly that it is over. we can i now say with certainty that labour have won 2024 general election. hate have won 2024 general election. we did it! good morning. labour have won a landslide victory in the general election, on a dramatic night in british politics.

we did it! it is a spectacular turnaround for sir keir starmer�*s party, less than five years after their worst result in almost a century. a sunlight of hope. hail at first, but getting stronger through the day, shining once again on a country with the opportunity, after 14 years, to get its future back. cheering the tories are set for the worst result in their history, losing eight cabinet ministers, including grant shapps and penny mourdant. more than 40 tory ministers and whips have gone so far the british people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight. there is much to learn and reflect on, and i take responsibility for the loss. and humiliation for the former prime minister liz truss — she has lost her seat in south west norfolk,

narrowly defeated by labour byjust over 600 votes. we'll be bring you the very latest live from westminster on a day of huge change, withjust nine seats left to declare. # sweet caroline celebrations for the liberal democrats, returning 70 seats and becoming the third largest party in the commons. a difficult and damaging night for the snp, according to scotland's first minister — down to just eight mps, as labour regains dominance in scotland. nigel farage becomes an mp on his eighth attempt, as reform uk win four seats, taking large numbers of votes from the conservatives. and the greens now have four mps, with the party's co—leader taking bristol central

from a senior labour politician. in wales, labour won back a string of seats — completely wiping out the conservatives — with plaid cymru winning four. and in northern ireland, sinn fein has won the most seats for the first time. but significant losses for the democratic unionist party, including, ian paisley has lost north antrim, a seat held by a member of the paisley family for more than 50 years. good morning from

westminster on a day of history. a labour landslide after 14 years in opposition — a spectacular turnaround in fortunes. yes, good morning. it's a day of huge change. a day of transition. and there could well be more surprises to come in the hours ahead. we're here all day — right in the heart of the action — as the new labour government is formed, and as sir keir starmer heads to the palace to become the new prime minister. he has a forecast majority of 176. we are right by the houses of parliament. this morning will be talking to politicians, old and new, experts and advisors who'll be looking back at an extraordinary night, and looking forward to what happens next. overnight some of the most familiar faces in british politics have lost their seats. the former prime minister, liz truss, jacob rees—mogg, grant shapps, penny mordaunt, all gone. so

rees-mogg, grant shapps, penny mordaunt, all gone.— rees-mogg, grant shapps, penny mordaunt, all gone. so many stories to one for from _ mordaunt, all gone. so many stories to one foryou- -- — mordaunt, all gone. so many stories to one for you. -- unpack. _ and we have a team of bbc presenters in all the key places— at downing street, buckingham palace, and in glasgow, belfast and cardiff. we'll hear from voters across the uk. wherever you live, however you voted, whatever you think of the results, we will guide you through everything as it unfolds. we certainly will. so, as we now know, labour has won the general election by a landslide, with sir keir starmer set to become the next prime minister. the party has gained its biggest majority since sir tony blair's victory in 1997, at the expense of huge losses for the conservatives. let's bring you right up to date and explain what has happened overnight. 5am and enter the winner. a new prime minister elect. in just four years he has taken labourfrom historic low to landslide. help?

years he has taken labour from historic low to landslide. now we can look forward _ historic low to landslide. now we can look forward again. - historic low to landslide. now we can look forward again. walk - historic low to landslide. now we j can look forward again. walk into the morning. the sunlight of hope. how or at first but sunshine into the day. a country with the opportunity, after 14 years, to get its future back.— opportunity, after 14 years, to get its future back. earlier, re-elected but knowing _ its future back. earlier, re-elected but knowing he — its future back. earlier, re-elected but knowing he had _ its future back. earlier, re-elected but knowing he had led _ its future back. earlier, re-elected but knowing he had led his - its future back. earlier, re-elected but knowing he had led his party i its future back. earlier, re-elected| but knowing he had led his party to its worst ever election result, rishi sunak conceded. the labour party has won this general election and i have called sir keir starmer to congratulate him on his victory. today, power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides. but far from but farfrom sober, but far from sober, this was humiliating.— but far from sober, this was humiliatina. , ., , ., ., humiliating. they are slow hand cla -|n~ , humiliating. they are slow hand clapping. apparently. _ humiliating. they are slow hand clapping, apparently, there - humiliating. they are slow hand clapping, apparently, there in i clapping, apparently, there in king's lynn. there we go. that must be for the candidate who is not on the stage. 3 be for the candidate who is not on the state. �* , ., be for the candidate who is not on the state. . , ., .,

be for the candidate who is not on the state. ~ ,., ., ..,, ., the stage. a slow hand clap from those waiting _ the stage. a slow hand clap from those waiting for _ the stage. a slow hand clap from those waiting for liz _ the stage. a slow hand clap from those waiting for liz truss. - the stage. a slow hand clap from those waiting for liz truss. on i the stage. a slow hand clap from | those waiting for liz truss. on the right of the screen she sidled into here that she had been voted out, losing to labour. the here that she had been voted out, losing to labour.— here that she had been voted out, losing to labour. the issue we faced as conservatives _ losing to labour. the issue we faced as conservatives is _ losing to labour. the issue we faced as conservatives is we _ losing to labour. the issue we faced as conservatives is we have - losing to labour. the issue we faced as conservatives is we have not - as conservatives is we have not delivered — as conservatives is we have not delivered sufficiently on the policies _ delivered sufficiently on the policies people want. and that means keeping _ policies people want. and that means keeping taxes low, but also particularly on reducing immigration.— particularly on reducing immiaration. , , ., immigration. the first senior tory to no immigration. the first senior tory to to was immigration. the first senior tory to go wasiust _ immigration. the first senior tory to go wasjust after _ immigration. the first senior tory to go wasjust after midnight. - swindon south, a labour gain. for robert buckland, formerjustice secretary, a lonely walk to end a 14—year careeras an mp. angry, he blamed infighting and incompetence for leaving his party so diminished. i am fed up of personal agendas and jockeying for position. the truth is now, with the conservatives facing this electoral armageddon, it is going to be like a group of bald men arguing over a comb. the liberal democrats then ousted the current justice secretary alex chalk, and the education secretary gillian keegan.

labour defeated penny mordaunt, one of the favourites to be a future tory leader. and another one, too — the defence secretary grant shapps. we have tried the patience of traditional conservative voters with a propensity to create an endless political soap opera out of internal rivalries and divisions, which have become increasingly indulgent and entrenched. jacob rees—mogg lost his seat to labour. all the while, the tory party chairman richard holden looked nervous. byjust 20 votes he scraped through. doing the damage to the conservatives in seat after seat was reform — lee anderson won in ashfield, and nigel farage finally, after so many failed attempts, elected mp for clacton. believe me, folks, this isjust the first step of something i that is going to stun all of you.

thank you very much. and already celebrating, the liberal democrats. they are on course for a record—breaking haul of seats. in scotland labour has one or seats from the snp. in northern ireland, a double shock. jim allister of the traditional unionist voice defeated ian paisley traditional unionist voice defeated ian paisleer. and sinn fein now have the most mps here. and in monmouthshire, another conservative or lost to labour. the welsh secretary david tc davies. not a single tory mp is left in wales. this is keir starmer�*s moment to savour. a time, he said, for the nation to start a new chapter. damian grammaticas, bbc news.

we are going to go to one of the big winners of the night, sir ed davey of the liberal democrats. what winners of the night, sir ed davey of the liberal democrats.- of the liberal democrats. what a ni . ht for of the liberal democrats. what a night for you? — of the liberal democrats. what a night for you? it _ of the liberal democrats. what a night for you? it has _ of the liberal democrats. what a night for you? it has been - night for you? it has been fantastic. it has been a record—breaking night. an historic step forward for the liberal democrats, the largest third party forcing _ democrats, the largest third party forcing parliament for over 100 years — forcing parliament for over 100 years are _ forcing parliament for over 100 years. are my positive campaign resonated — years. are my positive campaign resonated with people, particularly putting _ resonated with people, particularly putting health and care at the centre — putting health and care at the centre i_ putting health and care at the centre. i am very grateful for all the people who put their trust in us. the people who put their trust in us and — the people who put their trust in us and we _ the people who put their trust in us. and we are going to campaign so hard in— us. and we are going to campaign so hard in helping to repay that trust. wonderful— hard in helping to repay that trust. wonderful pictures of you celebrating there. did you expect that many seats? i celebrating there. did you expect that many seats?— celebrating there. did you expect that many seats? i didn't myself. durinu that many seats? i didn't myself. during the _ that many seats? i didn't myself. during the campaign _ that many seats? i didn't myself. during the campaign it _ that many seats? i didn't myself. during the campaign it looked - that many seats? i didn't myself. | during the campaign it looked like we were _ during the campaign it looked like we were doing better and better and better~ _ we were doing better and better and better~ i_ we were doing better and better and better. i thought there could be some _ better. i thought there could be some momentum. but this is historic and record—breaking. to be the largest— and record—breaking. to be the largest third party force for over

100 years — largest third party force for over 100 years is quite something. and i am determined that we repay the trust _ am determined that we repay the trust the — am determined that we repay the trust the british people have put in many— trust the british people have put in many liberal democrat mps. health and care _ many liberal democrat mps. health and care is— many liberal democrat mps. health and care is our top campaign. campaigned on cost of living as well, _ campaigned on cost of living as well, ending the sewage scandal, all of the _ well, ending the sewage scandal, all of the things we talked about we will take — of the things we talked about we will take them into parliament and fi-ht will take them into parliament and fight for— will take them into parliament and fight for those issues. we will take them into parliament and fight for those issues.— fight for those issues. we should ex - lain to fight for those issues. we should explain to people _ fight for those issues. we should explain to people that _ fight for those issues. we should explain to people that you - fight for those issues. we should explain to people that you will i fight for those issues. we should i explain to people that you will have 63 more mps this time? the fact of the matter is you have a labour party with more than 400 mp5. she would be a bigger voice but how do you make that voice heard, how do you make that voice heard, how do you make that voice heard, how do you make your presence felt? taste you make that voice heard, how do you make your presence felt? we take the issues of — you make your presence felt? we take the issues of our _ you make your presence felt? we take the issues of our manifesto _ you make your presence felt? we take the issues of our manifesto into - the issues of our manifesto into that parliament campaign. they are our marching orders. we have listened — our marching orders. we have listened to people about their concerns. they told us health and care was — concerns. they told us health and care was there top. cost of living, the local— care was there top. cost of living, the local environment, particularly sewerage — the local environment, particularly sewerage are big issues. we will fight _ sewerage are big issues. we will fight for— sewerage are big issues. we will fight for the fair deal that we campaigned on. and won so many mps

on. campaigned on. and won so many mps on every— campaigned on. and won so many mps on. every liberal democrat mp will fi-ht on. every liberal democrat mp will fight to— on. every liberal democrat mp will fight to be — on. every liberal democrat mp will fight to be a local champion in their— fight to be a local champion in their area _ fight to be a local champion in their area on health and care. but they will— their area on health and care. but they willjoin the huge number now to make _ they willjoin the huge number now to make sure our voices heard and the voice — to make sure our voices heard and the voice of— to make sure our voices heard and the voice of carers and the people you need — the voice of carers and the people you need a — the voice of carers and the people you need a gp, who need a dentist, who want— you need a gp, who need a dentist, who want a — you need a gp, who need a dentist, who want a better health service, we will make _ who want a better health service, we will make sure their voices heard too~ _ will make sure their voices heard too. ~ . will make sure their voices heard too. . ., ., , will make sure their voices heard too. ~ ., ., , , ., , ., too. what does the liberal democrat o- osition too. what does the liberal democrat opposition look _ too. what does the liberal democrat opposition look like _ too. what does the liberal democrat opposition look like now? _ too. what does the liberal democrat opposition look like now? your- too. what does the liberal democrat j opposition look like now? your voice your vote will be heard, you get questions at prime minister's questions, two questions because you are the third biggest party? itrefoil. are the third biggest party? well, we will ut are the third biggest party? well, we will put our — are the third biggest party? well, we will put our case _ are the third biggest party? well, we will put our case week- are the third biggest party? well, we will put our case week in, - are the third biggest party? well, we will put our case week in, week out. we will put our case week in, week out we _ we will put our case week in, week out we will— we will put our case week in, week out. we will work so hard to get our voice _ out. we will work so hard to get our voice out _ out. we will work so hard to get our voice out and — out. we will work so hard to get our voice out and make sure this government is held to account. we will put _ government is held to account. we will put our— government is held to account. we will put our ideas forward. we are a positive _ will put our ideas forward. we are a positive force. the reason we won so many _ positive force. the reason we won so many mps _ positive force. the reason we won so many mps is — positive force. the reason we won so many mps is because we campaigned positively _ many mps is because we campaigned positively. we had ambitious ideas. they were _ positively. we had ambitious ideas. they were properly costed in our manifesto — they were properly costed in our manifesto. i can take you through it if you _ manifesto. i can take you through it if you want— manifesto. i can take you through it if you want me to, but you probably heard _ if you want me to, but you probably heard enough during the campaign.

people _ heard enough during the campaign. people really responded. i also told my personal story about being a carer— my personal story about being a carer for— my personal story about being a carer for my my personal story about being a carerfor my mum my personal story about being a carer for my mum when she was not correct _ carer for my mum when she was not correct or— carer for my mum when she was not correct or dying, and for my mum and my son _ correct or dying, and for my mum and my son that — correct or dying, and for my mum and my son. that seem to resonate as well. — my son. that seem to resonate as well. millions of people you have that explains in their own lives responded to it. i think i have a responsibility now to represent those — responsibility now to represent those people. responsibility now to represent those people-— responsibility now to represent those --eole. ., , those people. your campaign was very strikin: those people. your campaign was very striking because _ those people. your campaign was very striking because you _ those people. your campaign was very striking because you were _ those people. your campaign was very striking because you were so - those people. your campaign was very striking because you were so open - striking because you were so open about your own story. it was also very striking because of the stunts that you took part in. did you know you were going to be doing that kind of thing, when was that put to you? we started having good visual images. — we started having good visual images, let's call them that, during the party— images, let's call them that, during the party by—elections, knocking down _ the party by—elections, knocking down the — the party by—elections, knocking down the blue wall, which is proving to be _ down the blue wall, which is proving to be the _ down the blue wall, which is proving to be the case, we predicted it and it happened. all those visual images _ it happened. all those visual images. we took them into our campaign _ images. we took them into our campaign. what was key for me was to show we _ campaign. what was key for me was to show we can— campaign. what was key for me was to show we can have fun. you don't have to take _ show we can have fun. you don't have to take yourself too seriously. as [on- to take yourself too seriously. as long as _ to take yourself too seriously. as long as you — to take yourself too seriously. as long as you take the voters's concern _ long as you take the voters's concern seriously. falling off the

paddle _ concern seriously. falling off the paddle board, that was silly. when i came _ paddle board, that was silly. when i came down— paddle board, that was silly. when i came down the slide in summerside with kids _ came down the slide in summerside with kids and their families enjoying half term, we were talking about _ enjoying half term, we were talking about the _ enjoying half term, we were talking about the mental health crisis for young _ about the mental health crisis for young people and how we had solutions, getting a qualified mental— solutions, getting a qualified mental health professional in every primary— mental health professional in every primary and secondary school. i think— primary and secondary school. i think that — primary and secondary school. i think that combination of showing you can _ think that combination of showing you can have a bit of fun, as well as having — you can have a bit of fun, as well as having very serious policies, and we will— as having very serious policies, and we will take — as having very serious policies, and we will take that into the next parliament. that is ourjob. we have been _ parliament. that is ourjob. we have been given— parliament. that is ourjob. we have been given are marching orders by the public — been given are marching orders by the public. you been given are marching orders by the ublic. ., ., . ., the public. you have changed the campaign- _ the public. you have changed the campaign- in _ the public. you have changed the campaign. in the _ the public. you have changed the campaign. in the next _ the public. you have changed the campaign. in the next election i the public. you have changed the i campaign. in the next election every leader will be going to every theme park in the country at every opportunity. park in the country at every opportunity-— park in the country at every opportunity. park in the country at every o--ortuni . ,, . ., ~ , opportunity. steady on now! the key is connecting — opportunity. steady on now! the key is connecting people _ opportunity. steady on now! the key is connecting people and _ opportunity. steady on now! the key is connecting people and making - opportunity. steady on now! the key| is connecting people and making sure that they— is connecting people and making sure that they know you get it. what was my personal story and talking to millions— my personal story and talking to millions of carers, people realise that politicians are normal people, you can _ that politicians are normal people, you can relate to them, they lead normal— you can relate to them, they lead

normal lives. i showed my dad dancing — normal lives. i showed my dad dancing earlier. we are quite normal people _ dancing earlier. we are quite normal people and _ dancing earlier. we are quite normal people and we want to fight for people — people and we want to fight for people. we are on their side. we want _ people. we are on their side. we want to— people. we are on their side. we want to listen to them and fight for them _ want to listen to them and fight for them. ., ., ., ._ , want to listen to them and fight for them. ., ., ., , , ., them. you have always been after proportional— them. you have always been after proportional representation - them. you have always been after proportional representation as - them. you have always been after proportional representation as a l proportional representation as a different way of voting, not the 2—party first past the post system. it has worked for you this time though, hasn't it? isn't correct or is that what you still want? i think the system _ is that what you still want? i think the system is _ is that what you still want? i think the system is still _ is that what you still want? i think the system is still broken. - the system is still broken. electoral for me is a key part of that _ electoral for me is a key part of that. putting power back into communities. capping the donations of political _ communities. capping the donations of political parties... we need political— of political parties... we need political reform. we are the only party _ political reform. we are the only party that — political reform. we are the only party that wants to change our political — party that wants to change our political system. we are not changing our views on political reform — changing our views on political reform. ., , �* , reform. vikki young is here. it's interesting _ reform. vikki young is here. it's interesting looking _ reform. vikki young is here. it's interesting looking at _ reform. vikki young is here. it's interesting looking at the - reform. vikki young is here. it's interesting looking at the lib . reform. vikki young is here. it's l interesting looking at the lib dem results and how they have been very strategic in how they fought this campaign? strategic in how they fought this cam aian? . ~ strategic in how they fought this camaiun? ., ,, ., strategic in how they fought this camaiun? . ~ ., campaign? yeah, i think that has been a lesson. _ campaign? yeah, i think that has been a lesson. it _ campaign? yeah, i think that has been a lesson. it is _ campaign? yeah, i think that has been a lesson. it is something i campaign? yeah, i think that has i been a lesson. it is something they worked _ been a lesson. it is something they

worked on — been a lesson. it is something they worked on for— been a lesson. it is something they worked on for a _ been a lesson. it is something they worked on for a long _ been a lesson. it is something they worked on for a long time, - been a lesson. it is something they worked on for a long time, building up worked on for a long time, building up with— worked on for a long time, building up with councillors _ worked on for a long time, building up with councillors and _ worked on for a long time, building up with councillors and really- up with councillors and really focusing _ up with councillors and really focusing im— up with councillors and really focusing. i'm quite _ up with councillors and reallyl focusing. i'm quite interested up with councillors and really. focusing. i'm quite interested to know, _ focusing. i'm quite interested to know. this — focusing. i'm quite interested to know, this was _ focusing. i'm quite interested to know, this was a _ focusing. i'm quite interested to know, this was a huge _ focusing. i'm quite interested to know, this was a huge rejectionl focusing. i'm quite interested to. know, this was a huge rejection of the conservatives— know, this was a huge rejection of the conservatives or. _ know, this was a huge rejection of the conservatives or. you - know, this was a huge rejection of the conservatives or. you placed i know, this was a huge rejection of. the conservatives or. you placed the liberal _ the conservatives or. you placed the liberal democrats _ the conservatives or. you placed the liberal democrats at _ the conservatives or. you placed the liberal democrats at the _ the conservatives or. you placed the liberal democrats at the party - the conservatives or. you placed the liberal democrats at the party to - liberal democrats at the party to -et liberal democrats at the party to get rid _ liberal democrats at the party to get rid of — liberal democrats at the party to get rid of the _ liberal democrats at the party to get rid of the tories. _ liberal democrats at the party to get rid of the tories. i— liberal democrats at the party to get rid of the tories. i don't- liberal democrats at the party toj get rid of the tories. i don't want to sound — get rid of the tories. i don't want to sound churlish _ get rid of the tories. i don't want to sound churlish on _ get rid of the tories. i don't want to sound churlish on a _ get rid of the tories. i don't want to sound churlish on a night- get rid of the tories. i don't want to sound churlish on a night you i to sound churlish on a night you have _ to sound churlish on a night you have done — to sound churlish on a night you have done incredibly— to sound churlish on a night you have done incredibly well. - to sound churlish on a night you have done incredibly well. thisl to sound churlish on a night you i have done incredibly well. this is a one-off— have done incredibly well. this is a one—off moment, _ have done incredibly well. this is a one—off moment, isn't _ have done incredibly well. this is a one—off moment, isn't it? - have done incredibly well. this is a one—off moment, isn't it? what. have done incredibly well. this is al one—off moment, isn't it? what can you really— one—off moment, isn't it? what can you really do — one—off moment, isn't it? what can you really do with _ one—off moment, isn't it? what can you really do with that _ one—off moment, isn't it? what can you really do with that power? - rock it was held and care right, left and centre. we have the best arguments and policies. other parties were silent on social care. we were talking about it. they didn't think about funding, we showed that. they didn't think about new ideas, supporting family carers, we did. we will win those arguments for the people who voted. i want to transform our system and we can do that from the opposition benches. so many people watching will want to know what will happen with social

care committtee is there the possibility of an agreement between parties working to come up with a solution. we had a manifesto commitment to join other parties across the political spectrum. although we have lots of ideas are beginning to fix the system to transform it, we know there are longer term decisions which need to be made. [30 there are longer term decisions which need to be made.- there are longer term decisions which need to be made. do you think the new government _ which need to be made. do you think the new government will _ which need to be made. do you think the new government will work - which need to be made. do you think the new government will work with i the new government will work with you on that? we will have to see. we will push them hard. the people out there want politicians to listen and reflect and take big decisions. we can't walk away from big decisions, we have not. we may be the third party, the strongest third party for 100 years. but i wanted to set the agenda. we are going and confident with good ideas. you are going to your liberal democrat headquarters to celebrate.

reflect on what the houses of parliament will be like. some of these big names have gone. it is a huge shift. it is huge, everyone can see. i first got elected in 1977 when there was another big labour majority, the liberal democrats on so many issues held them to account, from the iraq war, to increasing spending in schools and hospitals. we have a track record on the opposition benches of holding labour to account. we will keep doing that. account. we will kee doinu that. . ~' account. we will kee doinu that. . ~ , ., we will keep doing that. thank you for 'oinin: we will keep doing that. thank you forioining us- _ we will keep doing that. thank you forjoining us. and _ we will keep doing that. thank you | forjoining us. and congratulations. let us reflect on the scale of what has happened overnight. it is hard to overestimate it. partly because sir keir starmer is only the second politician to win

400 seats in the house of commons, the first being tony blair. his achievement is even greater, he is coming from so far behind. it was not long ago thatjeremy corbyn led labour to a terrible electoral defeat. he has managed to turn it around and come out with a huge majority. on the other side, this complete and utter rejection of the conservatives, a former cabinet minister saying it was electoral armageddon. they will be looking at what went wrong. most of them have said privately they do not feel the rot set in with rishi sunak but a long time before that. it will take a lot of soul—searching for those left, not many of them, to decide which direction the party goes. jeremy hunt, many thought he would still not be there. they didn't quite get that one, the liberal democrats. he is still

around. whether he will want to do that again. he has some experience. we had talked about all those who have lost their seats, those big figures who have gone. they have lost a huge amount of experience. they need to decide what to do next. it will feel and look very different.— it will feel and look very different. , , ., ., different. the greens have more seats, reform _ different. the greens have more seats, reform uk, _ different. the greens have more seats, reform uk, have - different. the greens have more seats, reform uk, have voices i different. the greens have more | seats, reform uk, have voices in parliament. not a huge number but it doesn't change the debate in that place. thank you. we are joined place. thank you. we arejoined by place. thank you. we are joined by the shadow education secretary, will you be education secretary by the end of the day? that is a matter for sir keir starmer. all will unfold. what has the night been like? pm

what has the night been like? in extraordinary night but most importantly a historic moment for our country where after 14 years of chaos and division, all of the turbulence, it is a chance to turn a corner. i am determined we will usherin corner. i am determined we will usher in a new era of hope and optimism for our country. that means we need to deliver on what people have voted for, they have put their trust in us which is a big responsibility and we are determined to repay that trust. a huge job to to repay that trust. a hugejob to do. absolutely. it is clear across the country the scale of challenge in terms of what people see in their daily lives, nhs waiting lists, fewer police on the streets, schools under pressure. that is why our commitments are in areas where we are confident on delivering from day you met one and we will bejudged delivering from day you met one and we will be judged on delivering from day you met one and we will bejudged on our delivering from day you met one and we will be judged on our record. change is what you promised. how quickly can you deliver? the

first ste -s how quickly can you deliver? the first steps we _ how quickly can you deliver? the: first steps we set out how quickly can you deliver? tue: first steps we set out in our campaign, we will crack on straightaway. people recognise our country is in a pretty difficult state. that is why sir keir starmer has talked about a decade of national renewal. we know people have put their trust in us, we are determined to make sure politics is about the service of our country, thatis about the service of our country, that is the responsibility entrusted to us. , , . that is the responsibility entrusted tous. ,, . ,~~~/ to us. less than five years ago we were here — to us. less than five years ago we were here and _ to us. less than five years ago we were here and boris _ to us. less than five years ago we were here and boris johnson - to us. less than five years ago we were here and boris johnson was| were here and borisjohnson was potentially looking at a decade in power. now look at the number of seats the conservatives have got and your majority, it shows how volatile the electorate is. you might not have that long to make people happy. that is why we are determined to get on with thejob. that is why we are determined to get on with the job. pare that is why we are determined to get on with the job-— on with the 'ob. are you worried about on with the job. are you worried about impatience? _ on with the job. are you worried about impatience? we - on with the job. are you worried about impatience? we should i on with the job. are you worried - about impatience? we should reflect on the volatility _ about impatience? we should reflect on the volatility clearly _ about impatience? we should reflect

on the volatility clearly there. - about impatience? we should reflect on the volatility clearly there. we - on the volatility clearly there. we overturned thanks to sir keir starmer, and a big result in 2019, it is testament he has put the government back into labour. it is extraordinary we have won seats we have never won before, banbury, hexham, that is an enormous and historic night. pm hexham, that is an enormous and historic night.— hexham, that is an enormous and historic night. an enormous number of seats, historic night. an enormous number of seats. a — historic night. an enormous number of seats. a big _ historic night. an enormous number of seats, a big increase, _ historic night. an enormous number of seats, a big increase, but- historic night. an enormous number of seats, a big increase, but the - of seats, a big increase, but the share of the vote is only a little bit underjeremy corbyn. taste share of the vote is only a little bit underjeremy corbyn. we ran a fantastic campaign. _ bit underjeremy corbyn. we ran a fantastic campaign. we _ bit underjeremy corbyn. we ran a fantastic campaign. we know - bit underjeremy corbyn. we ran a fantastic campaign. we know the l fantastic campaign. we know the system we have, and we have secured broad support across the country, in england and wales and scotland. that gives us that maddie and collision to bring our country together again and —— that gives us that mandate to

bring our country together again. 35% of the electorate voted for you yesterday, how much of a mandate is that? it yesterday, how much of a mandate is that? , ., , , yesterday, how much of a mandate is that? , ., , .,, that? it is on the basis of seats we fi . ht out that? it is on the basis of seats we fight out elections _ that? it is on the basis of seats we fight out elections and _ that? it is on the basis of seats we fight out elections and mps - that? it is on the basis of seats we fight out elections and mps in - fight out elections and mps in westminster and we have secured an enormous mandate. we do not take it for granted. we know in the months to come we have a really big job demonstrating people's trust is rewarded and demonstrated tangible —— demonstrated the tangible change. in some parts there is a determination to get the conservatives out and a rejection of the conservatives. i have campaigned in lots of seats, there is a real enthusiasm for labour, we have one in seats where in hundreds of years they have never elected a labour mp but yesterday people that voted for

the first time to return labour mps to westminster. do the first time to return labour mps to westminster.— to westminster. do you think you have the mandate _ to westminster. do you think you have the mandate to _ to westminster. do you think you have the mandate to be - to westminster. do you think you have the mandate to be radical? l to westminster. do you think you | have the mandate to be radical? it is fair to say you had been cagey about what you want to do. you had talked about the problems the country is facing. people will be looking at universities for example. what will you do about tuition fees? will there be public funding? people are worried some are about to go under. t are worried some are about to go under. ., �* ., ., ., ., ., under. i don't want to get ahead of m self. under. i don't want to get ahead of myself- let — under. i don't want to get ahead of myself- let us _ under. i don't want to get ahead of myself. let us assume _ under. i don't want to get ahead of myself. let us assume you - under. i don't want to get ahead of myself. let us assume you will - under. i don't want to get ahead of myself. let us assume you will be | myself. let us assume you will be education secretary. _ myself. let us assume you will be education secretary. these - myself. let us assume you will be education secretary. these are i education secretary. these are matters for _ education secretary. these are matters for our _ education secretary. these are matters for our new _ education secretary. these are matters for our new prime - education secretary. these are - matters for our new prime minister. we need to understand what is going on. the challenge from opposition is you don't have access to treasury modelling. what we do know is that there is an issue around regulation, universities are facing serious

challenges. we need to stabilise that sector. as we have made clear, everything we have set out is fully—funded and costed. it is important for trust we deliver on our commitments. we are determined to stick to those, whether that is cutting nhs waiting times, more teachers in classrooms, big changes to lives. ~ :: :: teachers in classrooms, big changes to lives. ~ iii: , teachers in classrooms, big changes to lives, ~ iii: ., to lives. 6500 new teachers you have romised. to lives. 6500 new teachers you have promised. parents, _ to lives. 6500 new teachers you have promised. parents, teachers, - to lives. 6500 new teachers you have promised. parents, teachers, how. promised. parents, teachers, how quickly will they see that? you will need to recruit, they need to be trained and paid for. tt t need to recruit, they need to be trained and paid for.— trained and paid for. if! am fortunate — trained and paid for. if! am fortunate enough _ trained and paid for. if! am fortunate enough to - trained and paid for. if! am fortunate enough to be - trained and paid for. if i am - fortunate enough to be education secretary i will begin that work. the first step we will take is to reset that relationship between government and schools, our brilliant staff for too long had been treated with a lack of respect, and have not had a government that has acted on the real concerns

around workload, why do pressures. that is why we set out commitments around universal free breakfast clubs, tackling housing challenges families are facing. teachers tell me across the country that if you could deal with the wider pressures they could focus on driving up teaching standards. hoffa they could focus on driving up teaching standards. how quickly can ou do teaching standards. how quickly can you do that? — you do that? we will start that immediately, that process of change and resetting that relationship will begin this afternoon. looking at constituencies all over the country, some of the seats you have one, you have won them majorities are very small. there are a lot of marginal seats, is that unnerving, despite the headline figure of the majority? that is because we have won seats beyond our battleground seats, even in our wildest imaginations we had

thought they might be too far. there seats will have a labour mp every day fighting their corner, raising concerns. the responsibility is a big one and an opportunity to demonstrate to the people that trust is to be rewarded. should our successful candidates be able to do that, they will be fighting a really strong campaign for re—election. four and a half years since sir keir starmer became leader. did you ever think he could achieve something like this? i always believed the labour party could be turned around, even in the darkest moments when i stood on that same stage in 20191 knew we could do it but it has taken sir keir starmer to achieve that, it is testament to his leadership we have gone from one of our worst defeat to one of our best victories. but we are aware of

the enormity of that responsibility. we will work every single day to demonstrate to the british people we respect that and will make the change that they have voted for. fin change that they have voted for. on a personal level, have you got your phone, are you waiting for a call? you just said there that this is a big turnaround in fortunes, we have spent 14 years in opposition, i have had 14 years with the privilege to represent my constituents but not had a chance to be part of government where we can really make change happen. that is all i want to see, a labour government that improves the lives and living standards of working people across our country. 5m? standards of working people across our country-— our country. stay with us. brandon lewis has joined _ our country. stay with us. brandon lewis has joined us. _ our country. stay with us. brandon lewis has joined us. what - our country. stay with us. brandon i lewis has joined us. what happened? it's a dreadful night for the

conservatives. _ it's a dreadful night for the conservatives. [lt— it's a dreadful night for the conservatives.— it's a dreadful night for the conservatives. it is the worst result we _ conservatives. it is the worst result we have _ conservatives. it is the worst result we have seen - conservatives. it is the worst result we have seen in i conservatives. it is the worst result we have seen in over. conservatives. it is the worstj result we have seen in over a century _ result we have seen in over a century. possibly the worst result of the _ century. possibly the worst result of the conservative party has ever seen _ of the conservative party has ever seen we — of the conservative party has ever seen. we can't or shy away from that _ seen. we can't or shy away from that labour— seen. we can't or shy away from that. labourfought seen. we can't or shy away from that. labour fought a strong campaign. we are going to have a government that needs to deliver for the country. there are a lot of good people _ the country. there are a lot of good people who — the country. there are a lot of good people who want to see that happen. we have _ people who want to see that happen. we have to _ people who want to see that happen. we have to take some time and look at the _ we have to take some time and look at the results. interesting and varied — at the results. interesting and varied results across the country. labour _ varied results across the country. labour lost — varied results across the country. labour lost a few seats. the challenge around reform has been talked _ challenge around reform has been talked about heavily. —— reform. the conservative — talked about heavily. —— reform. the conservative party has to do some real thinking. fire conservative party has to do some real thinking-— real thinking. are you glad you didn't stand? _ real thinking. are you glad you didn't stand? no _ real thinking. are you glad you didn't stand? no in _ real thinking. are you glad you didn't stand? no in the - real thinking. are you glad you didn't stand? no in the sense. real thinking. are you glad you i didn't stand? no in the sense that ip -- feelfor— didn't stand? no in the sense that ip -- feel for personal _ didn't stand? no in the sense that ip -- feel for personal colleagues| ip —— feel for personal colleagues who have — ip —— feel for personal colleagues who have lost their seats. there will be _ who have lost their seats. there will be colleagues who will have a luilt will be colleagues who will have a guilt complex when so many colleagues have lost their seats. that is _ colleagues have lost their seats. that is politics. we all know that when _

that is politics. we all know that when we — that is politics. we all know that when we get into the game. having done 25_ when we get into the game. having done 25 years between council and parliament, ten in government, five and a _ parliament, ten in government, five and a half— parliament, ten in government, five and a half or— parliament, ten in government, five and a half or in cabinet, i took the view sometime ago it was time for me to -o view sometime ago it was time for me to go and _ view sometime ago it was time for me to go and remind my family a bit of what— to go and remind my family a bit of whatt— to go and remind my family a bit of what i look— to go and remind my family a bit of what i look like.— what i look like. your seat in great yarmouth has _ what i look like. your seat in great yarmouth has gone _ what i look like. your seat in great yarmouth has gone to _ what i look like. your seat in great yarmouth has gone to reform? i what i look like. your seat in great i yarmouth has gone to reform? yes. one of the things _ yarmouth has gone to reform? yes. one of the things we _ yarmouth has gone to reform? yes. one of the things we have seen in 'ust one of the things we have seen in just a _ one of the things we have seen in just a few— one of the things we have seen in just a few weeks it has gone from nowhere — just a few weeks it has gone from nowhere to— just a few weeks it has gone from nowhere to us coming third. my volunteers— nowhere to us coming third. my volunteers and activists on the ground — volunteers and activists on the ground started to see this during the course — ground started to see this during the course of the campaign. they could _ the course of the campaign. they could see — the course of the campaign. they could see it— the course of the campaign. they could see it happen on the doorsteps. we booked a trend in the local elections and held the council last year~ _ local elections and held the council last year. we campaign, we know our electorate _ last year. we campaign, we know our electorate and i could see it happening at the doorsteps, even this morning. the happening at the doorsteps, even this morning-— this morning. the conservatives didn't only _ this morning. the conservatives didn't only lose _ this morning. the conservatives didn't only lose your _ this morning. the conservatives didn't only lose your old - this morning. the conservatives didn't only lose your old seat, i this morning. the conservatives i didn't only lose your old seat, they were in third place. reform one like it, labour in second. the conservative or share of the vote down by 41%. how much of this was a

bad campaign? t down by 41%. how much of this was a bad campaign?— bad campaign? i can't pretend it was a aood bad campaign? i can't pretend it was a good campaign- — bad campaign? i can't pretend it was a good campaign- it _ bad campaign? i can't pretend it was a good campaign. it started - bad campaign? i can't pretend it was a good campaign. it started and i a good campaign. it started and ended _ a good campaign. it started and ended in— a good campaign. it started and ended in the rain. in between i ran out of— ended in the rain. in between i ran out of fingers, listening fingers, listening — out of fingers, listening fingers, listening to outsiders thinking, why have you done it? why would you call an election _ have you done it? why would you call an election when you are 20 points behind? _ an election when you are 20 points behind? i— an election when you are 20 points behind? i can't think of anybody in the western democratic world who as a leader— the western democratic world who as a leader has been that far behind in the polls— a leader has been that far behind in the polls and called an election they don't need to. so, the timing of the _ they don't need to. so, the timing of the election, some of the decisions _ of the election, some of the decisions that were made, a lot of negative _ decisions that were made, a lot of negative campaigning. i have a very basic— negative campaigning. i have a very basic view — negative campaigning. i have a very basic view. you should be asking people _ basic view. you should be asking people to — basic view. you should be asking people to go and vote and you have to give _ people to go and vote and you have to give them a positive reason to do that _ to give them a positive reason to do that for— to give them a positive reason to do that fortoo— to give them a positive reason to do that. for too much of this campaign we have _ that. for too much of this campaign we have spent too much time talking about— we have spent too much time talking about why— we have spent too much time talking about why not to vote for someone else rather — about why not to vote for someone else rather than a positive reason to vote _ else rather than a positive reason to vote for— else rather than a positive reason to vote for us. there are a whole range _ to vote for us. there are a whole range of— to vote for us. there are a whole range of reasons, some of which have been covered, d—day, the mistakes made _ been covered, d—day, the mistakes made it— been covered, d—day, the mistakes made it all— been covered, d—day, the mistakes made. it all adds up after 14 years in government, none of that helps. do you _ in government, none of that helps. do you have — in government, none of that helps.

do you have any advice for bridget phillipson, stepping into power? bridget doesn't need advice from somebody leaving parliament. you want to _ somebody leaving parliament. you want to be — somebody leaving parliament. you want to be wary of that. the one thing _ want to be wary of that. the one thing i_ want to be wary of that. the one thing i would say though is, with a vote share — thing i would say though is, with a vote share such as labour of god, and that— vote share such as labour of god, and that doesn't take anything away from the _ and that doesn't take anything away from the victory they have got they have won _ from the victory they have got they have won fair and square to the discrepancies we are seeing with some _ discrepancies we are seeing with some independent votes, the green vote, _ some independent votes, the green vote the _ some independent votes, the green vote, the reform vote, there is a message for all politicians, you need _ message for all politicians, you need to— message for all politicians, you need to deliver because the public is running — need to deliver because the public is running out of patience with politicians. is running out of patience with politicians-— is running out of patience with oliticians. �* , ., , politicians. bridget, is there any advice you _ politicians. bridget, is there any advice you would _ politicians. bridget, is there any advice you would like _ politicians. bridget, is there any advice you would like to - politicians. bridget, is there any advice you would like to give i politicians. bridget, is there any. advice you would like to give back to brandon about how to rebuild the party after a bad loss? abs, to brandon about how to rebuild the party after a bad loss? abs. tat to brandon about how to rebuild the party after a bad loss?— party after a bad loss? a lot of what brandon _ party after a bad loss? a lot of what brandon is _ party after a bad loss? a lot of what brandon is saying, i i party after a bad loss? a lot of- what brandon is saying, i remember reflecting on in 2019. the decision we took in the labour party in 2019 was to look outwards to the country, not in words on ourselves. that is the change that keir starmer has delivered. we focused on the priorities of the people, not

looking inwards. throughout this campaign we have put country ahead of party. campaign we have put country ahead of .a _ �* ., ., campaign we have put country ahead ofa ., , ., of party. brandon, i suppose for the conservative — of party. brandon, i suppose for the conservative party _ of party. brandon, i suppose for the conservative party this _ of party. brandon, i suppose for the conservative party this morning i of party. brandon, i suppose for the conservative party this morning is i conservative party this morning is —— it is which branch of the conservative party is the party over all going to become now? it is divided, massively, isn't it? yeah, i am a conservative _ divided, massively, isn't it? yeah, i am a conservative through i divided, massively, isn't it? yeah, i am a conservative through and i i am a conservative through and through. — i am a conservative through and through. i— i am a conservative through and through, i was a volunteer before i became _ through, i was a volunteer before i became mp and party chairman. i had a huge _ became mp and party chairman. i had a huge honour of doing that. what i would _ a huge honour of doing that. what i would say— a huge honour of doing that. what i would say to my colleagues, and my family— would say to my colleagues, and my family in— would say to my colleagues, and my family in the conservative party, there _ family in the conservative party, there is— family in the conservative party, there is a — family in the conservative party, there is a thought process now around, — there is a thought process now around, i— there is a thought process now around, ithink there is a thought process now around, i think it is risky to go and _ around, i think it is risky to go and chase _ around, i think it is risky to go and chase the reform vote. but you also have _ and chase the reform vote. but you also have to — and chase the reform vote. but you also have to be conscious we have lost seats — also have to be conscious we have lost seats to liberal democrats. they— lost seats to liberal democrats. they are — lost seats to liberal democrats. they are different ideologies. my core message is we are at our best when _ core message is we are at our best when we _ core message is we are at our best when we are — core message is we are at our best when we are united as one party. the infighting _ when we are united as one party. the infighting we have seen for far too [on- infighting we have seen for far too long is— infighting we have seen for far too long is damaging. as labour saw themselves, and have rectified over themselves, and have rectified over the last— themselves, and have rectified over the last few years, we have to come together as — the last few years, we have to come together as a party united and focus

on what _ together as a party united and focus on what we — together as a party united and focus on what we can do for the country rather— on what we can do for the country rather than — on what we can do for the country rather than fighting each other. it rather than fighting each other. [fl is rather than fighting each other. it is extraordinary what has happened overnight. apart from rishi sunak, all of the seats of former prime ministers have gone. who do you blame for this? taste ministers have gone. who do you blame for this?— blame for this? we all have culpability- _ blame for this? we all have culpability. we _ blame for this? we all have culpability. we have - blame for this? we all have culpability. we have all i blame for this? we all have i culpability. we have all played a part _ culpability. we have all played a part i_ culpability. we have all played a part. i have been in government since _ part. i have been in government since 2010 _ part. i have been in government since 2010. in government since 2012. _ since 2010. in government since 2012, in— since 2010. in government since 2012, in parliament since 2010. we all have _ 2012, in parliament since 2010. we all have culpability. ultimately there — all have culpability. ultimately there are a range of things you go back to _ there are a range of things you go back to. when you look at how polling — back to. when you look at how polling has been effective, sometimes bad decisions in terms of policies. _ sometimes bad decisions in terms of policies, but nothing affects our poll rating as much as infighting in the conservative party. the party has to— the conservative party. the party has to unite. we the conservative party. the party has to unite-— has to unite. we are looking at ictures has to unite. we are looking at pictures of— has to unite. we are looking at pictures of downing _ has to unite. we are looking at pictures of downing street i has to unite. we are looking at pictures of downing street and | pictures of downing street and conservative party headquarters. we are going to see rishi sunak shortly. he will go to the palace to tender his resignation. your thoughts for him today? filth tender his resignation. your thoughts for him today? on a human

level i would — thoughts for him today? on a human level i would say _ thoughts for him today? on a human level i would say that _ thoughts for him today? on a human level i would say that he _ thoughts for him today? on a human level i would say that he will - thoughts for him today? on a human level i would say that he will feel- level i would say that he will feel this _ level i would say that he will feel this but — level i would say that he will feel this. but he took responsibility last night. i think you will see that— last night. i think you will see that again today. he is somebody who will take _ will take responsibility and recognise that he is the leader, he is the _ recognise that he is the leader, he is the prime — recognise that he is the leader, he is the prime minister, he made this decision— is the prime minister, he made this decision and — is the prime minister, he made this decision and he has to own that decision — decision and he has to own that decision. this is a build—up of a lot of— decision. this is a build—up of a lot of things. a lot of issues, i think. — lot of things. a lot of issues, i think. not— lot of things. a lot of issues, i think, notjust14 years in government. there is a cycle to life and politics — government. there is a cycle to life and politics. a whole range of things — and politics. a whole range of things. the campaign itself. equally. _ things. the campaign itself. equally, if you look at the campaign, the gap between the parties — campaign, the gap between the parties at the end of the campaign has not _ parties at the end of the campaign has not really shifted very much. would _ has not really shifted very much. would it— has not really shifted very much. would it have made any difference if you had waited until the autumn? he would have had more time to do things — would have had more time to do things he — would have had more time to do things. he would also have been in a position— things. he would also have been in a position where he has given it everything for as long as he could to do— everything for as long as he could to do what— everything for as long as he could to do what he can to get a better result _ to do what he can to get a better result we — to do what he can to get a better result. we will never know. my point is he _ result. we will never know. my point is he made _ result. we will never know. my point is he made the decision to go now, that is— is he made the decision to go now, that is his — is he made the decision to go now, that is his decision. let's be frank. —

that is his decision. let's be frank. the _ that is his decision. let's be frank, the party was not ready. we had 200 _ frank, the party was not ready. we had 200 candidates not selected. should _ had 200 candidates not selected. should he go now as leader, should he walk out imminently, or should he stay in place for a few months and allow the next leader, the contest to form? . , . ., ., ., to form? having been chairman and been through _ to form? having been chairman and been through a _ to form? having been chairman and been through a leadership - to form? having been chairman and been through a leadership contest l to form? having been chairman and l been through a leadership contest as chairman. _ been through a leadership contest as chairman, there is a process to this _ chairman, there is a process to this he — chairman, there is a process to this. he needs to remain as leader to give _ this. he needs to remain as leader to give time — this. he needs to remain as leader to give time for the party to go through— to give time for the party to go through that process to select a leader~ — through that process to select a leader. when he resigns as prime minister— leader. when he resigns as prime minister he — leader. when he resigns as prime minister he will set out what he sees _ minister he will set out what he sees as— minister he will set out what he sees as the timeline. the party board _ sees as the timeline. the party board will— sees as the timeline. the party board will meet probably next week and set _ board will meet probably next week and set out a formal timeline. he would _ and set out a formal timeline. he would remain, iwould imagine, as leader~ _ would remain, iwould imagine, as leader. there is no process. the party— leader. there is no process. the party leader can only be appointed by the _ party leader can only be appointed by the party. it has to go through that process. by the party. it has to go through that process-— by the party. it has to go through that rocess. ~ ., , ., ., ., that process. who should that leader be? we have — that process. who should that leader be? we have to _ that process. who should that leader be? we have to wait _ that process. who should that leader be? we have to wait and _ that process. who should that leader be? we have to wait and see. - be? we have to wait and see. parliamentarians _ be? we have to wait and see. parliamentarians have - be? we have to wait and see. parliamentarians have to i be? we have to wait and see. i parliamentarians have to choose the final two _ parliamentarians have to choose the final two or — parliamentarians have to choose the final two or round our members have a vote _

final two or round our members have a vote. parliamentarians can do that relatively— a vote. parliamentarians can do that relatively quickly. we will see what they 1922 _ relatively quickly. we will see what they 1922 committee decides and then it will go— they 1922 committee decides and then it will go to our members. that goes around _ it will go to our members. that goes around the _ it will go to our members. that goes around the country. it takes a little — around the country. it takes a little bit — around the country. it takes a little bit of time. i think we will see a _ little bit of time. i think we will see a new— little bit of time. i think we will see a new leader in the next few months — see a new leader in the next few months. . ~ see a new leader in the next few months. . ,, , ., ., see a new leader in the next few months. . ,, i. ., _, see a new leader in the next few months. . ,, , ., ., _, ., months. thank you for coming in to talk to us this _ months. thank you for coming in to talk to us this morning. _ months. thank you for coming in to talk to us this morning. you - months. thank you for coming in to talk to us this morning. you are - talk to us this morning. you are watching election 202a. so much has happened overnight. it is time for the news where you are. good morning. the labour party has won a landslide victory in the general election. with the conservatives on course for the worst result in their history, rishi sunak can see the defeat —— conceded defeat. in the early hours of the morning congratulating sir keir starmer. liz truss is one of a number of high—profile conservatives to have lost their seats. the liberal democrats, the green party and the reform party have made

gains. there had been significant losses for the snp. here is our political correspondent. 5am and enter the winner. a new prime minister elect. he has taken labourfrom historic low to landslide. now we can look forward again. walk into the morning. the sunlight of hope, pale at first, but getting stronger through the day. shining once again on a country with the opportunity after iii years to get its future back. earlier, re—elected but knowing he had led his party to its worst ever election result, rishi sunak conceded. the labour party has won this general election. i have called sir keir starmer to congratulate him on his victory. today, power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner with goodwill on both sides.

the first senior tory to go wasjust after midnight. swindon south, and labour gain. for robert buckland, a former justice secretary, and a lonely walk to end a iii—year career as an mp. angry at the fighting and incompetence of leaving his party so diminished. i am fed up of personal agendas and jockeying for position. the trust is, with the conservatives facing this electoral armageddon, it will be like a group of bald men arguing over a comb. the liberal democrats then ousted alex chalk and gillian keegan. labour defeated penny mordaunt, one of the favourites to be the next tory leader. another one, defence secretary grant shapps. we have tried the patience of traditional conservative voters with a propensity to create an endless political soap opera out

of internal rivalries and divisions, which have become increasingly indulgent and entrenched. jacob rees—mogg lost his seat to labour. all the while, tory party chairman richard holden looked nervous. by just 20 votes, he scraped through. doing damage to the conservatives in seat after seat was reform. lee anderson won in ashfield as nigel farage, finally, after so many failed attempts, elected mp for clacton. believe me, this isjust the first step of something that is going to stun all of you. thank you very much. already celebrating, the liberal democrats. they are on course for a record equalling fall of seats. —— haul of seats. in scotland, labour has scooped up seats from the snp. they had a5, now reduced to single digits. this is keir starmer�*s

moment to savour. a time he said for the nation to start a new chapter. damian grammaticus, bbc news. a roundup of the news. former nurse lucy letby will be sentenced later this morning after being found guilty but the attempted murder of a premature baby girl. eight years ago. she was convicted following a retrial and is serving iii whole life terms. for the murder of babies at the countess of chester hospital. hurricane beryl has claimed the lives of at least ten people across the caribbean. it has weakened to a category two storm. hundreds of homes are left without power. the un has released more than £3 million in emergency funds to help those affected.

an emotion goodbye to andy murray at wimbledon after what could be his final appearance on centre court. following defeat with his brother jamie in the men's doubles, and he and his family watched on as sye barker paid tribute to his career. the former world number one was visibly tearful, thanking fans for their support. good morning. today is essentially a da of good morning. today is essentially a day of sunshine _ good morning. today is essentially a day of sunshine and _ good morning. today is essentially a day of sunshine and showers - good morning. today is essentially a day of sunshine and showers for - good morning. today is essentially a | day of sunshine and showers for most of us. if you are in the south of the country, a lot of cloud and rain. steadily moving in from the south west overnight, pushing south—east. at the same time a weather front weakening turning more showery across scotland. in between a lot of dry weather. some of us starting the sunshine. through the day the rain will move away from the south—east leaving this legacy of cloud, patchy light rain and drizzle and heavy rain coming in from the south—west later. foremost, dry, bright and sunny folsom was showers.

not as many as yesterday and not as windy as yesterday. this is the weather front bringing us starting the sunshine. through the day the rain will move away from the south—east leaving this legacy of cloud, patchy light rain and drizzle and heavy rain coming in from the south—west later. foremost, dry, bright and sunny fulsome with showers. not as many as yesterday and not as windy as yesterday. this is the weather front bringing this when tonight and tomorrow. pushing north—east bringing wet and windy weather with it. you might hear the odd rumble of thunder for a weather with it. you might hear the odd rumble of thunderfor a time. sunshine and showers in the west. into sunday widespread showers with sunshine in between.— sunshine in between. thank you very much. we sunshine in between. thank you very much- we will— sunshine in between. thank you very much. we will hand _ sunshine in between. thank you very much. we will hand you _ sunshine in between. thank you very much. we will hand you back - sunshine in between. thank you very much. we will hand you back now. sunshine in between. thank you very much. we will hand you back now to | much. we will hand you back now to london. welcome back to westminster on a very busy morning. we can take you lied to downing street. still prime minister rishi sunak has arrived there a short time ago, you can see all of the media are lining up because the prime minister as he still is will be making some last

remarks, speaking for the last time as prime minister we think in downing street in a short time. this is an example of what is a bootle handover of power in this country. he hasjust discovered he has kept his own seat but will no longer be prime minister, so he will leave today. some of these timings are subject to change but we think he will make a statement at 10:30am before travelling to buckingham palace where he has his audience with the king. then the handover happens, the labour leader will make hisjourney to happens, the labour leader will make his journey to buckingham happens, the labour leader will make hisjourney to buckingham palace before coming back to downing street and making his statement later. then government moves on, those cabinet ministers will no longer be. the new cabinet will be appointed, we expect that to happen this afternoon. rishi sunak has just been too conservative

headquarters, that would have been a very difficult moment for him, he has led the party to a disastrous election result and when you talk to the people who yesterday were mps, not only have they lost theirjobs but their staff, hundreds of people who will have lost theirjobs overnight and he will have spoken to them. jeremy hunt is still an mp. he was seen early this morning going through a back door. he lives at 11 next door, the chancellor, holding on when so many others did not. he clung on. their families live in these places so they are leaving their homes, moving out, and by this afternoon there will be other people taking those positions. it really is a swift

turnover of power. rishi sunak doesn't have much luck with the weather, does he? i am trying to find out what his plan is, we are assuming it will be with an umbrella this time, who knows? it may not be a particularly long address. he probably doesn't have an awful lot still to say after the election campaign. he has to make personal decisions about staying on as a conservative party leader. a difficult thing to do. gordon brown did not stay on as leader, he handed over to harriet harman. john major stayed on for a few weeks. it means potentially they have to do prime minister's questions in the house of commons where they have flipped over positions. he would have to go as leader of the opposition and quiz sir keir starmer after this terrible election result. the plea from a lot of conservatives is they want to

have some kind of smooth transition to whoever the new leader will be in the conservative party, that race still to come. someone with an umbrella is laura kuenssberg who has hotfooted it from the studio and is in downing street and can tell us about what will happen this morning. shouldn't you be in bed! i will go to bed later, when events like this unfold with the potential to change lives, we can sleep later on. it is tipping down. the umbrella and no umbrella debate is raging on! i understand both sides have had discussions about whether they will be in or out for the statements. i am sure rishi sunak will not want a repeat of that disastrous election launch where he stood there getting wetter and during the campaign where

things went from bad to worse. i am sure his team who believed he tried to do the right thing, who believe he tried to do everything right, we can see pictures of him leaving conservative headquarters, that is a in to hear if there are any comments from rishi sunak. he is diving straight into the car, outside conservative campaign headquarters. a historic place where they have enjoyed such success but as rishi sunak leaves, no word and barely anything from him. we will expect him here some time soon. if it stops raining perhaps outside at the lectern, otherwise they might choose to do his statement inside. it promises this morning at downing street to be a morning of momentous

occasions. changing prime ministers in the most bootle way in front of everybody. quite —— in the most brutalway. there are many people who believe he and his close team ran the campaign in a poor way, did not include expertise from the party, and this is a dreadful morning for the conservatives. laura, an interesting speech when he won his seat in north yorkshire, from rishi sunak who said when he has done the formalities today and handed in his resignation to the king, he will go back to his constituency, calling that home, and he was talking about the years ahead, with no apparent intention of walking away from politics immediately. he repeated something he had had to

say during the campaign he would stay on as his local mp. he has talked of his fondness for north yorkshire, a new part of the world to him and his family when he was first elected not so long ago but he says he regards it as home and is looking forward to the privileges of continuing as a constituency mp. the more awkward political question for tories is how long does he stay on as party leader. you were talking about the ways of doing it, does he walk straightaway leaving them in the lurch, maybe he has had enough? perhaps his deputy oliver dowden could take over and be caretaker, sparing rishi sunak the humiliation of swapping sides with keir starmer in the house of commons and ask opposition questions at prime minister's questions. or does he do what some in the party would think would be the right thing, not walk

away straightaway, come out here today, or tell people inside downing street he will stay on for a while as a caretaker prime minister until the conservative party can elect a new leader, and get its act together. it is a long way until thatis together. it is a long way until that is resolved because those decisions are made by a powerful group of backbenchers, the 1990 —— de 1922 group of backbenchers, the 1990 —— de1922 committee and the men in grey suits. they will need to decide what the rules of the leadership campaign will be. but lots of them have gone. some stood down like sir graham brady used to be the chair of the committee. it is not clear how the committee. it is not clear how the party proposes notjust to get themselves back together but how do they propose to find a new leader and agree the process. conversations about that have been going on for some time in very small select groups. it will not be the first

time this morning that conservative grandees and party donors are on the phone all huddled together trying to work out what to do next. until we know how that plan will shape up, it will be hard to know exactly how long rishi sunak will serve as the party leader. what we do know is in a matter of hours his service as prime minister comes to an end. 10 downing street is the home of the prime minister but also headquarters of government, the civil service are based there, that is where the country is run from. what are all those civil servants up to as they prepare for a new boss and government and a rapid transition in power? huge preparations, frantic really. partly because labour has been ahead so convincingly in the polls, but

because it is a normal matter or business, what has happened in the past couple of months is extensive conversations between the shadow teams whether they are looking at a health, education or foreign office, they have had meetings with civil servants saying here are our plans, we want you to understand them, how would we go about it as quickly as we can if we are lucky enough to be elected. that process is quite advanced as i understand. that said, i don't think anything can really prepare a group of politicians used to fighting as opposition, fighting for air time, to fighting as opposition, fighting forairtime, fighting to to fighting as opposition, fighting for air time, fighting to get the public�*s tension and their arguments across, i don't think anything can prepare people for the move from that to a group of people who are suddenly making decisions that will affect all of our lives. one of the officials involved in the transition

said to me what happens on days like this as they exhausted, elated, they have worked so hard to get here. actually civil servants had to sit them down and say what do you want to do about this and that, here are your options, we would like a decision, prime minister. i don't think however studious and serious you are about the job, with keir starmer running the cps, he has run a big government operation as leader of the cps before he became an mp, i don't think all of that preparation could get anyone ready for the human moment where you walk through that door into the biggestjob of your life that you have spent years fighting giving everything to get. and then suddenly the moment has arrived. laura, as your options, now you are there, you will have to stay in the

rent i am afraid, —— in the rain. thank you for now. it is very heavy the rain, you can hear it. interesting to see when rishi sunak does come out shortly for the last time in downing street. we are joined by greg jackson. founder of octopus energy. we want your reaction from the business world to this new labour government. i have spoken to business leaders over the past 2a years —— 2a hours. they are looking forward to stability. it is easy to forget how the uk has not had this stable vision. in our sector, the uk has not had this stable vision. in oursector, one the uk has not had this stable vision. in our sector, one of labour's five missions was green growth. it is really important

voters that this idea we can deliver cheaper and greener energy by investing in it. i think a stable business and political environment will help unleash capital in our sector. i have spoken to a ceo of a bank, saying we are looking forward to building houses. labour need to hit the ground running with a lot of the reforms, planning reform, to build this infrastructure. there are hundreds of billions of pounds ready to be invested in the uk, wejust need to be able to do it. and to do it quickly. in politics things can get bogged down. there is never that moment right at the beginning to make big changes but the quicker they make changes but the quicker they make changes the quicker we can deploy this capital, creating jobs, changes the quicker we can deploy this capital, creatingjobs, bring down the cost of energy, bringing down the cost of energy, bringing down the cost of energy, bringing

down the cost of housing. labour were criticised in the campaign for not being bold enough on scaling back their ambitions. do you think they should have been bolder given the size of the majority? i bolder given the size of the majority?— bolder given the size of the ma'ori ? ~' , . ,., majority? i think they are bold enou:h. majority? i think they are bold enough- you _ majority? i think they are bold enough. you saw— majority? i think they are bold enough. you saw the - majority? i think they are bold enough. you saw the attempt| majority? i think they are bold l enough. you saw the attempt to majority? i think they are bold - enough. you saw the attempt to make net zero a culture war and it did not work. the greens did very well last night. what you see is labour, one of their top five pages was green growth. we know investment in green growth. we know investment in green energy creates three times more jobs than investment in fossil fuels. if we had more green energy during the energy crisis our bills would have been billions of pounds lower. voters know this. britain is leading the way again in delivering this cheaper and more secure system. i really hope we can get the reforms that lets us build the infrastructure where people want it to bring bills down. you don't sound like you are convinced you will get what you want quickly.

first of all, the stability of a large majority is really going to help. labour has spent a lot of time in the run—up speaking to businesses. that dialogue gives us confidence we will see this change. the thing is it has to happen quickly. what we know is if we move quickly. what we know is if we move quickly now, the next five years can see real growth which will help create tax dividends that will pay for the nhs, create thejobs create tax dividends that will pay for the nhs, create the jobs we create tax dividends that will pay for the nhs, create thejobs we need to reduce inequality in society. we are confident but our advice is be brave and be fast. greg jackson. thank you. good morning. the labour party has won a landslide victory in the uk general election.

politics. we did it! , . politics. wedidit! ,, . ., we did it! it is a spectacular turnaround _ we did it! it is a spectacular turnaround for _ we did it! it is a spectacular turnaround for sir _ we did it! it is a spectacular turnaround for sir keir - we did it! it is a spectacular- turnaround for sir keir starmer's party less than five years after their worst result in almost a century. today we start the next —— the next chapter, begin the work of change, and start to rebuild our country. the tories are set for the worst result in their history, with the former prime minister liz truss and eight cabinet ministers among those losing their seats. the british people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight. there is much to learn and reflect on, and i take responsibility for the loss. we will bring you the very latest live from westminster on a day of huge change, withjust live from westminster on a day of huge change, with just a live from westminster on a day of huge change, withjust a handful of seats left to declare.

as sweet caroline... celebrations for the liberal democrats, returning 7! seats and becoming the third largest party in the commons. you have helped us get our best result for over 100 years. a difficult and damaging night for the snp, according to scotland's first minister. down to just eight mps as labour regains dominance in scotland. nigel farage becomes an mp at his eighth attempt as reform uk win four seats, taking large numbers of votes from the conservatives. and the greens now have four mps, with bristol central heating labour. in wales, labour have completely wiped out the conservatives, with

plaid cymru winning four. and in northern ireland, sinn fein has won the most seats for the first time, but significant losses for the democratic unionist party, including ian paisley in north antrim, a seat that has been held for more than 50 years by his family. welcome back to westminster as the last few results come in after an extraordinary night. we now know it is indeed a labour landslide after

14 is indeed a labour landslide after iii years in opposition, a spectacular turnaround in fortunes for sir keir starmer and his party. we have got five more results in the next few hours. beyond that it is a day of huge change, a day of transition of power. rishi sunak is backin transition of power. rishi sunak is back in downing street at the moment. essentially packing his bags. we are expecting to hear from him in the next hour or so before he heads to buckingham palace for an audience with the king. we are going to be here all day right in the heart of the very wet action. the new labour government will be formed and sir keir starmer will head to the palace and he returns as our new prime minister with a forecast majority of 176. we are right by the houses of parliament and we will continue to talk to politicians old and new, experts and advisers who are going to be looking back at an extraordinary night and also looking forward to what happens next. overnight some of the most familiar

faces in british politics have lost their seats. the former prime minister liz truss, jacob rees—mogg, grant shapps, penny mordaunt among the few. some of them might be coming to westminster themselves this afternoon. we will try to grab them because we are in the heart of them because we are in the heart of the action here. notjust here, we have a team of bbc presenters and all the key places. lorries at downing street. we are buckingham palace, glasgow, belfast, cardiff, we will hear from voters across the uk. whatever you think of the results on your screen right now, we will guide you through everything as it happens here live on the bbc. as we now know labour has won the general action by a landslide. sir keir starmer is set to become the next prime minister. the party has gained its biggest majority since tony blair's victory in 1997 and at the expense of huge losses for the conservatives. we will look ahead. but first, grab a cup of tea and let's bring you up to date and

explain what has happened when you were asleep. 5am and enter the winner — a new prime minister elect. injust four years, he has taken labour from historic low to landslide. and now, we can look forward again. walk into the morning, the sunlight of hope, pale at first but getting stronger through the day, shining once again on a country with the opportunity, after iii years, to get its future back. earlier, re—elected but knowing he had led his party to its worst ever election result, rishi sunak conceded. the labour party has won this general election and i have called sir keir starmer to congratulate him on his victory. today, power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides.

but goodwill was not on show a short time ago. the party is over! time ago. the -a is over! . time ago. the - isover! , ,, the party is over! rishi sunak heckled as — the party is over! rishi sunak heckled as he _ the party is over! rishi sunak heckled as he left _ the party is over! rishi sunakl heckled as he left conservative party headquarters in a rainy london, some keen to see him gone. this was humiliating. they are slow handclapping in kings lynn. there we go. that must be for the candidate who is not on the stage. fin the candidate who is not on the sta . e. ., , . stage. on the right of the screen liz truss sidled _ stage. on the right of the screen liz truss sidled into _ stage. on the right of the screen liz truss sidled into here - stage. on the right of the screen liz truss sidled into here she - stage. on the right of the screen| liz truss sidled into here she had been voted out. the liz truss sidled into here she had been voted out.— liz truss sidled into here she had been voted out. the issue we face as conservatives — been voted out. the issue we face as conservatives is _ been voted out. the issue we face as conservatives is we _ been voted out. the issue we face as conservatives is we haven't - conservatives is we haven't delivered sufficiently on the policies _ delivered sufficiently on the policies people want. and that means keeping _ policies people want. and that means keeping taxes low, but also particularly on reducing immigration. the first senior tory to go

wasjust after midnight. swindon south, a labour gain. for robert buckland, formerjustice secretary, a lonely walk to end a iii—year careeras an mp. angry, he blamed infighting and incompetence for leaving his party so diminished. i am fed up of personal agendas and jockeying for position. the truth is now, with the conservatives facing this electoral armageddon, it is going to be like a group of bald men arguing over a comb. the liberal democrats then ousted the current justice secretary alex chalk, and the education secretary gillian keegan. labour defeated penny mordaunt, one of the favourites to be a future tory leader. and another one, too — the defence secretary grant shapps. we have tried the patience of traditional conservative voters with a propensity to create an endless political soap opera out of internal rivalries and divisions, which have become increasingly indulgent and entrenched.

jacob rees—mogg lost his seat to labour. all the while, the tory party chairman richard holden looked nervous. byjust 20 votes he scraped through. doing the damage to the conservatives in seat after seat was reform — lee anderson won in ashfield, and nigel farage finally, after so many failed attempts, elected mp for clacton. believe me, folks, this isjust the first step of something i that is going to stun all of you. thank you very much. # sweet caroline... and already celebrating, the liberal democrats. this was a record—breaking night for them, seizing dozens of seats from them, seizing dozens of seats from the conservatives. it has been a record—breaking night. this is an historic step forward for the liberal democrats. we will be

the liberal democrats. we will be the largest third—party force in parliament for over 100 years. and i think our positive campaign resonated with people. for the greens, resonated with people. for the greens. this — resonated with people. for the greens, this was _ resonated with people. for the greens, this was their - resonated with people. for the greens, this was their best - resonated with people. for the | greens, this was their best ever election. fromjust greens, this was their best ever election. from just one mp they now have four, putting them on a par with reform.— have four, putting them on a par with reform. ., , ., with reform. voters were not feeling articularl with reform. voters were not feeling particularly inspired _ with reform. voters were not feeling particularly inspired by _ with reform. voters were not feeling particularly inspired by what - particularly inspired by what stammer's labour party had to offer. i stammer's labour party had to offer. i had _ stammer's labour party had to offer. i had that— stammer's labour party had to offer. i had that loud and clear on the doorstep — i had that loud and clear on the doorstep in bristol. people were really _ doorstep in bristol. people were really excited to vote for real change — really excited to vote for real change in _ really excited to vote for real change in real hope. in scotland, labour has scooped up seats from the snp. they have a5, now reduced to single digits. in northern ireland, jim allister of the traditional unionist voice defeated ian paisley the traditional unionist voice defeated ian paisleer. sinn fein now have the most mps. in monmouthshire, another conservative lost to labour, the welsh secretary david tc davies. not a single tory mp is left in wales. so, this is

keir starmer's moment to savour. a time, he said, for the nation to start a new chapter. damian grammaticas, bbc news. it really has been quite a night. some very big names, some very big conservative names have gone. 12 cabinet ministers already. christian fraser can take us through exactly what has happened. we fraser can take us through exactly what has happened.— fraser can take us through exactly what has happened. we are nearly there. what has happened. we are nearly there- just — what has happened. we are nearly there. just five _ what has happened. we are nearly there. just five to _ what has happened. we are nearly there. just five to declare, - what has happened. we are nearly there. just five to declare, three i there. just five to declare, three in scotland. one of them is in poole where it is going to a third recount. the conservatives have lost two thirds of their seats overnight. that is an implosion. you can go back to churchill in 1945, balfour in 1906, you can go all the way back to the great reform act, you will not find anything like this. these are the big beasts that have gone. former prime minister, defence secretary, and education secretary.

look at the swings. 26%, 14%, 31%. extraordinary results. what about penny mordaunt at the end? president of the privy council, such a steady hand, at the coronation, faltering, stumbling in portsmouth north to an ignominious defeat overnight. michelle donelan, the science secretary. the veterans minister, johnny mercer. here are some other big names who have fallen through the night. jacob rees—mogg in bristol. mark harper, the transport secretary. the culture secretary in cambridgeshire also losing her seat. for labour, an extraordinary result. this is comparable to tony blair in 1997. this was the situation in wales. this is what it looks like today. an absolute wipe—out for the conservatives. down here in monmouthshire the welsh secretary gone. the chief whip, simon hart, gone. the chief whip, simon hart, gone. quite extraordinary. they are in control in scotland. the snp

slumping we think to ten seats. here is a word of caution for labour. let's talk about vote share. this is the lowest vote share of any party that has one or a majority period. and it is lower than 2017, when jeremy corbyn was defeated by the conservatives. same note of caution for the liberal democrats. yes, they have picked up 63 seats, but their vote share is flatlining, less than nick clegg and paddy ashdown. in terms of voter sharing, those seats where conservatives were fighting labour or the liberal democrats, thatis labour or the liberal democrats, that is the big story of the night, reform eating into the conservative vote. john curtice has already told us that if reform had not been there conservatives would have picked up two thirds of the seats in which they were defeated. i leave you with this thought. we have had for prime ministers since 2010. in the seats

in which they said, david cameron in witney, borisjohnson in henley, theresa may in oxbridge, and liz truss in norfolk south west, all of those seats have gone. quite extraordinary, thank you. it is 13 minutes past nine. lets or go to bristol, shall we? bristol central, which was one or by the greens and by carla denyer, their coal correct to the co—leader. congratulations. the greens have won a record four seats across the country, waveney valley, north herefordshire and brighton pavilion you held onto as well. you can be now the campaign is over. you over. you said you were targeting four. did you really expect to win all four? . ~' , ., did you really expect to win all four? . ,, i. ., . ., . four? thank you for having me on and thank ou four? thank you for having me on and thank you for— four? thank you for having me on and thank you for the _ four? thank you for having me on and thank you for the congratulations. - thank you for the congratulations. yeah, we were targeting four. we were very open about how many we thought we could achieve. throughout the campaign i could see that four mps was within reach. we were never

totally sure it was within our grasp. the results were looking like they might be close based on our door knocking database, on the conversations we were having on the doorsteps. we are absolutely delighted and really grateful to have the support of voters across those four constituencies with green mps, and across the country. we have also got a record—breaking vote share nationally and a substantial number of strong second—place positions as well. everyone who voted green, wherever you are, you had helped to strengthen the case and make it easierfor us, the green mps who have been elected, to push the incoming labour government to be bolder on environmental matters and on making this country a fairer place. on making this country a fairer lace. . , . on making this country a fairer lace, ., , ., ,., on making this country a fairer lace. . . . . place. on a personal level, you have beaten the — place. on a personal level, you have beaten the labour _ place. on a personal level, you have beaten the labour candidate, - place. on a personal level, you have beaten the labour candidate, thang| beaten the labour candidate, thang debonair, who is in the shadow cabinet, quite a huge achievement for you. what you put that down to? i think bristol has been a green city for some time. i have had people say to me that it felt like it was overdue a green mp. this was

a long time coming. we had a fantastically successful local election result for the greens. 34 greens on bristol city council. we leave the council. the largest group of green councillors ever in the uk. while recognising that local and general elections are not the same, that clearly showed a direction of travel and an appetite among bristolians for more greens elected at all levels of government. you say that you and the other three green mps are going to push the new labour government, but there are four of you and more than 400 of them. how are you going to manage that post? you can look at the impact caroline lucas had over 14 years as leader and mp for brighton pavilion, we have now quadrupled our representation and we can ask the questions, put forward motions, work on committees and through debate

move the envelope of what is politically possible, putting things on the agenda, keeping up scrutiny on the agenda, keeping up scrutiny on the agenda, keeping up scrutiny on the labour government. we will support them where we agreed but where we do not think they are going far enough we will speak out. you had candidates in every seat. in a sense do you think your message is not getting through enough, given what is going on in the climate, record global temperatures, are people taking you seriously enough? i am hugely grateful for the level of support. of course i would like more green mps elected and in government as in european countries. we have to recognise we are starting as a small but rapidly growing party. we stood a full slate, 574, more than the conservatives, but focused on campaigning on the four seat where we had the greatest

chance, quadrupling our representation. given the number of strong second place is who knows what we could achieve next time. because we are in this climate emergency, this urgent situation, the climate could not afford to wait. it is important we have green mps elected now because the decisions by this government will determine the trajectory the uk takes on climate and environment issues and we will be there to hold labour's feet to the fire, in a fair way which puts the onus on those with broadest shoulders who contribute note —— most to climate change, adjusting the tax system, thatis change, adjusting the tax system, that is what will be pushed on soap policies help with the cost—of—living crisis as well as the climate crisis. we are watching downing street and

whitehall, as we are expecting some movement. jeremy hunt we think will be leaving hisjob movement. jeremy hunt we think will be leaving his job as chancellor in the next few minutes. after that rishi sunak will leave number 10 and head to the palace to tell the king head to the palace to tell the king he is resigning. can i ask you, your seat in bristol which is an inner—city seat with students, a multi—cultural seat, you have taken that by a huge swing from labour. you have seat from the conservatives, rural seats. what have you learned as a party about how you work politically across the uk going forward? these results have been a long time coming and i don't claim any credit as co—leader. the party has come of age, you can see that in local

elections where we have increased local councillors fivefold in cities like bristol and in rural areas like suffolk where my co—leader adrian has now been elected. we are picking up has now been elected. we are picking up votes across the political spectrum because people can see the green party is offering the common—sense solutions to problems. for example, the absolute scandal of sewage in rivers and seas is something everyone is upset about. yet the green party is the only party being honest enough to say the privatisation experiment with water companies has failed. it is common sense. it is a natural monopoly. in the south—west you cannot choose to be supplied by yorkshire water. we are saying the water companies should come back into public ownership so bills can go into investing in the infrastructure rather than pit —— shareholder

payouts. we will be pushing the labour government to open their minds and consider options. carla denyer, co—leader of the green party, newly elected mp for bristol central. thank you. the cameras are on downing street, rishi sunak has returned to number 10. inside numberii rishi sunak has returned to number 10. inside number” is rishi sunak has returned to number 10. inside number 11 is the chancellor, the outgoing chancellor jeremy hunt who held on to his seat, many expected he would not. we are expecting to hear him speak as he leaves downing street very shortly. let us go back to laura kuenssberg who is there waiting. some good bits of news for the tories, forjeremy hunt, he kept his seat although he will lose his job as chancellor. another good piece of news for rishi sunak, you may see

this out of shot, i am putting my umbrella down because it has stopped raining. it looks like when they come out of downing street they will not be met by a deluge. we get a sense there is activity going on, we have seen bags being packed into the boot of a people carrier, that is how the transfer of power happens in this country. family belongings of two families in downing street will be moved out. i am not sure we will hear from jeremy be moved out. i am not sure we will hearfrom jeremy hunt be moved out. i am not sure we will hear from jeremy hunt when he comes out of number 11. but we do expect we will see him come out. a huge scrub notjust of british but international reporters in downing street, banks of cameras, will try to shut questions to him. he is one of the most experienced conservatives are now left in parliament. he says he doesn't want to take another tilt at leadership

but i think we will expect him to see —— to be a significant voice as the conservatives look to rebuild after such a terrible result. every time the door moves there is a massive nervous twitch. nobody wants to miss the moment. it should be happening in a couple of minutes. not coming up with the red box, but to say goodbye, after a long time in government, he has held many positions, health secretary, foreign secretary, natalie a surprise chancellor brought in by rishi sunak, by liz truss to steady the ship, and kept on by richey snack as they sought to —— and kept on by rishi sunak. in the end that was not to bring them and election victory

and another term in office. during the campaign, jeremy hunt was hardly seen on the national stage, he decided to pound the streets of his surrey constituency and try to cling on there and he did just buy 1000 votes. it was interesting in an election where everyone was talking about the economy and cost of living we did not really see the chancellor. that is right. the conservatives like to tell people during the election that they had an improving record, inflation had fallen, they had help people with huge amounts of cash to help pay their energy bills during a time when bills were going up during a time when bills were going up and up. because of their overall precarious political position, jeremy hunt, we did not seem him on our screens because the voters of god arming a dash blessing plenty of him banging on every door, ——

godalming and ash. constantly posting on social media of him and his family and labrador, pressing the flesh, trying to keep his votes. he put an enormous amount of personal cash into his efforts to keep campaigning, tens and tens of thousands of pounds from his own bank account went into the campaigning efforts to help him hang on. here's one of the very few big names left. dozens and dozens of conservative ministers have gone, there is names you have been talking about, grant shapps, penny mordaunt, jacob rees—mogg, people who have been fixtures of the conservatives, are now no longer serving mps, they will not be part of political life in the way they have been for a

while. it feels like a generational clear out. jeremy hunt is one of the last standing. let us talk to vicki young. this moment in politics when we see jeremy hunt and rishi sunak leave theirjobs, their homes. overnight, that is it. looking at the polls they had a good idea this was coming. jeremy hunt would be really he has clung on to his seat but there are important decisions for rishi sunak about whether he stays on as leader of the tory party. he has got to decide how long for. i know from speaking to former cabinet ministers that he is being urged to try to give a little bit of stability at this time when they haven't been wiped out completely but this is a devastating result for them. they have no seats in wales, one or two in many regions of

england, they have never seen anything like it. there is now going to be a lot of soul—searching and arguments crucially about what went wrong. some are saying rishi sunak ran a bad campaign, the rain, d—day, but it is deeper. there were tactical mistakes. many feel the rot set in a long time ago, some would say this is still about brexit, the revenge of the remain as all these years later. then, there was covid, partygate, borisjohnson's years later. then, there was covid, partygate, boris johnson's friends say things went wrong after he left but that is not true. as one cabinet minister put it to me, after all of that, economic competence was bad at the state by liz truss. we have seen her personal defeat in that incredibly safe conservative seat

really does personify what has happened to this party. they will now have an enormous row about what went wrong, who was to blame, whether they need to embrace reform uk and moved to the right, or as brandon lewis said, the fact they have lost so many seats to the liberal democrats, moving to the right won't when there back. they have a problem about what they do and who takes them through that. rishi sunak has this decision about what to do next. is he staying on as leader? if he does, in the next few weeks what he will have to do, prime minister's questions, the kings speech, it will be humiliating. john major did do it. he appointed a very quick shadow cabinet in which he was the prime minister, defence secretary, shadow foreign secretary, he took on those roles in interim.

and many will say that is the right thing to do for the party. gordon brown did not do that. when he realised there would be a coalition with the liberal democrats, he left straightaway and they brought in a caretaker leader harriet harman. some tories are talking about that, james kelly has kept his seat. someone like that, maybe they could do it. many want to rush —— many do not want to rush in, this requires a soul searching. we have had a big churn of tory leaders. but they were in government, holding leadership campaigns in government. studio: jeremy hunt and his family and the dog leaving number 11.

i think that was the dog barking, not the chancellor! the children of senior politicians, quite often shielded and understandably kept from the cameras. we saw this with gordon brown, with his wife and children walking down the street. they have decided to do that as well. i do not think we have seen their dog before. we have seen a cat before. jeremy hunt happy to be an mp. he probably wondered whether that would be the case this morning because he was fighting a very tight seat. an experienced politician come in

cabinet for a long time under different prime ministers and he will surely have a big influence over stabilising the party, its future direction as they decide what to do. he is now a grandee. we don't know if you would try to go for leadership again. what do you think? it's interesting. he has tried it a lot. you never know. the fact he fought so hard to stay in mp, that was a surprise to some people. lots of others decided not to stand, pretty much knowing there is seat might be lost. they decided not to fight the general election. he made a brave decision to do that and has managed to pull it off. they the chancellor's car leaving downing street for the last time. jeremy hunt and his family, children and the dog. the gates closed behind them. the rain does seem to have stopped. it has been torrential here

in westminster, which of course is very reminiscent of the day that rishi sunak caused this election. —— called this election. it was more than six weeks ago. i think carol kirkwood isjoining us for the latest on the weather. a lot of people have their eyes on what is happening in the skies above us. carol? . . happening in the skies above us. carol? . , . , carol? that is right. the heaviest rain has now _ carol? that is right. the heaviest rain has now pulled _ carol? that is right. the heaviest rain has now pulled away. - carol? that is right. the heaviest rain has now pulled away. it - carol? that is right. the heaviest rain has now pulled away. it is i rain has now pulled away. it is going to be fairly cloudy through the rest of the day with patchy light rain and drizzle on and off at times, and later more rain is coming. don't put away your brolly just yet. interestingly enough, we have had eight general elections since 1997, seven in the spring or the summer. the weather has been fine, it has been great. unfortunately, for the last one, which was in december 2019, that was quite different. you are seeing

pictures now off when tony blair entered downing street on the 2nd of may, 1997. it was a warm day, 27 celsius. that was much sunnier than average. when david cameron got elected in may, 2010, that was a cooler day. it was only 16 degrees. may of that here was sunnier than average. and then it was boris johnson pass turn. it was much cooler in 2019 when he became prime minister. it was december, so you would expect that. the temperature was about one celsius in places. it was about one celsius in places. it was also wet in parts of the uk with 25 millimetres, and inch of rain in some areas of the country. another couple of interesting facts. it was a really wet one in november 1935, when stanley baldwin became pm. mid glamorgan and devon had 62.2 millimetres of rainfall. the warmest one was when edward heath was voted

in, injune 1970. one was when edward heath was voted in, injune1970. it one was when edward heath was voted in, injune 1970. it was 26.9 celsius in prestwick. it has been very varied. you do wonder if the time of the year is chosen specifically for the longer daylight hours and the better weather rather than the winter weather. carol, and dog, thank you very much indeed! dogs at polling stations, day two. barking and howling. there were no photographs of my dog. getting tips from jeremy hunt. you —— his was under control. coming up in the next hour, big moments?— coming up in the next hour, big moments? , , , ., . moments? yes, this is the formal handover of _ moments? yes, this is the formal handover of power. _ moments? yes, this is the formal handover of power. it _ moments? yes, this is the formal handover of power. it involves - moments? yes, this is the formal| handover of power. it involves the king. we will have rishi sunak going to the palace. he will say a few words and downing street. then he will go to the palace. very quickly after that sir keir starmer will make hisjourney and after that sir keir starmer will make his journey and then the

reverse, he comes back to downing street and makes his speech. and then, we expect the cabinet to be appointed this afternoon. we assume with the normal parade up the street. as you know, on these occasions the people who are getting the jobs come up the street. on this occasion because it is a new government he won't have to be sacking anybody. there were two unexpected losses, two members of the shadow cabinet lost their seats, so there will be room for promotions.— so there will be room for romotions. . ,, ., , ., promotions. talking of people who mi . ht promotions. talking of people who miaht be promotions. talking of people who might be walking _ promotions. talking of people who might be walking up _ promotions. talking of people who might be walking up that - promotions. talking of people who might be walking up that street. promotions. talking of people who l might be walking up that street this afternoon, we have peter kyle, shadow science secretary. are you expecting a call? i shadow science secretary. are you earpecting a call?— expecting a call? i am hoping, of course i am _ expecting a call? i am hoping, of course i am hoping. _ expecting a call? i am hoping, of course i am hoping. i— expecting a call? i am hoping, of course i am hoping. i put- expecting a call? i am hoping, of course i am hoping. i put my - expecting a call? i am hoping, of. course i am hoping. i put my heart and soul— course i am hoping. i put my heart and soul into — course i am hoping. i put my heart and soul into this campaign. i am really— and soul into this campaign. i am really proud of the campaign. i don't _ really proud of the campaign. i don't think the party staff get mentioned often enough in these interviews. i have been working around — interviews. i have been working around the _ interviews. i have been working around the country and i have seen nressaging, — around the country and i have seen messaging, i have seen targeting, i have seen— messaging, i have seen targeting, i have seen the kind of support for

volunteers— have seen the kind of support for volunteers coming from the staff that i_ volunteers coming from the staff that i have never seen in politics before — that i have never seen in politics before. that goes right to the people — before. that goes right to the people in— before. that goes right to the people in the front line of politics. _ people in the front line of politics, right up to now. right now i am politics, right up to now. right now i am so _ politics, right up to now. right now i am so proud of the leadership keir starmer— i am so proud of the leadership keir starmer has — i am so proud of the leadership keir starmer has shown that labour party. he has— starmer has shown that labour party. he has made us fit for a party of government. it he has made us fit for a party of government-— he has made us fit for a party of covernment. . , . . ., . , government. it was an extraordinary niuht. government. it was an extraordinary night- what — government. it was an extraordinary night- what was _ government. it was an extraordinary night. what was it _ government. it was an extraordinary night. what was it like _ government. it was an extraordinary night. what was it like for _ government. it was an extraordinary night. what was it like for you? - night. what was it like for you? like any politician on election day you are _ like any politician on election day you are meeting as many residents as possible _ you are meeting as many residents as possible i_ you are meeting as many residents as possible. i was in the city of brighton _ possible. i was in the city of brighton and hove, the constituency i represent. next door to me is worthing. _ i represent. next door to me is worthing, where there were two seats we were _ worthing, where there were two seats we were targeting. i have spent a lot of— we were targeting. i have spent a lot of time — we were targeting. i have spent a lot of time there in recent weeks and months. we took both of those seats _ and months. we took both of those seats off _ and months. we took both of those seats off the tories. the first time ever those — seats off the tories. the first time ever those seats have not been tory before _ ever those seats have not been tory before it _ ever those seats have not been tory before it is — ever those seats have not been tory before. it is a traditional coastal town— before. it is a traditional coastal town of— before. it is a traditional coastal town of the sort i grew up with. to people _ town of the sort i grew up with. to people who — town of the sort i grew up with. to people who live in the southeast it is quite _ people who live in the southeast it is quite mind blowing to think that places— is quite mind blowing to think that places like worthing are now turning so decisively to labour. it shows the labour— so decisively to labour. it shows the labour party under keir starmer

has a _ the labour party under keir starmer has a central proposition which is nragnetic— has a central proposition which is magnetic and rooted in the priorities of the country and it has been _ priorities of the country and it has been broadened in all directions because — been broadened in all directions because we have taken seats in all different _ because we have taken seats in all different geographies. we will be the first— different geographies. we will be the first party on 23 years that has had a _ the first party on 23 years that has had a majority of seats in both wales, — had a majority of seats in both wales, england and scotland. you can see what _ wales, england and scotland. you can see what keir has done. i am really proud _ see what keir has done. i am really proud of it — see what keir has done. i am really proud of it— have one or so many seats, what you think happened to thang debonair, the former culture secretary, and jonathan ashworth, so high—profile in this campaign, what happened there? . in this campaign, what happened there? , . there? even when there is a campaign that is historically _ there? even when there is a campaign that is historically successful, - that is historically successful, there — that is historically successful, there will still be so much learning from _ there will still be so much learning from it _ there will still be so much learning from it in— there will still be so much learning from it. in those areas where we did lose, _ from it. in those areas where we did lose, we _ from it. in those areas where we did lose, we lost— from it. in those areas where we did lose, we lost really good people, these _ lose, we lost really good people, these are — lose, we lost really good people, these are good hard—working people who have _ these are good hard—working people who have made a huge contribution, notjust— who have made a huge contribution, notiust to _ who have made a huge contribution, notjust to this who have made a huge contribution, not just to this campaign, but to getting — not just to this campaign, but to getting the labour party back to being _ getting the labour party back to being as — getting the labour party back to being as electable as it is now, but we have _ being as electable as it is now, but we have to — being as electable as it is now, but we have to learn from these areas where _ we have to learn from these areas where this— we have to learn from these areas where this sort of stuff happened. and believe me, we will. it is only three _ and believe me, we will. it is only three years — and believe me, we will. it is only three years ago we lost the article

by—election. keir starmer stood up and said _ by—election. keir starmer stood up and said we — by—election. keir starmer stood up and said we will listen, we will learn — and said we will listen, we will learn and _ and said we will listen, we will learn and we will change. the day after _ learn and we will change. the day after polling day, when the result is still _ after polling day, when the result is still coming in, even though it is still coming in, even though it is so _ is still coming in, even though it is so decisive, the politics of our country— is so decisive, the politics of our country will _ is so decisive, the politics of our country will change today. and it will change going into the future. what _ will change going into the future. what you — will change going into the future. what you have seen with keir is the ability— what you have seen with keir is the ability to— what you have seen with keir is the ability to be politically agile, to think— ability to be politically agile, to think where the country needs is to be as— think where the country needs is to be as a _ think where the country needs is to be as a party of government and make sure we _ be as a party of government and make sure we are _ be as a party of government and make sure we are in— be as a party of government and make sure we are in tune with it. that will carry— sure we are in tune with it. that will carry on _ sure we are in tune with it. that will carry on. did sure we are in tune with it. that will carry om— will carry on. did you think you could change _ will carry on. did you think you could change the _ will carry on. did you think you could change the party - will carry on. did you think you could change the party as - will carry on. did you think you i could change the party as quickly will carry on. did you think you - could change the party as quickly as he has? ~ . , ., he has? when keir appointed me to the front bench, _ he has? when keir appointed me to the front bench, soon _ he has? when keir appointed me to the front bench, soon after- he has? when keir appointed me to the front bench, soon after he - he has? when keir appointed me to the front bench, soon after he was. the front bench, soon after he was appointed — the front bench, soon after he was appointed leader, we had a long conversation about the politics. i said back— conversation about the politics. i said back then, being sorry you took a seat _ said back then, being sorry you took a seat off— said back then, being sorry you took a seat off the tories in 2016, i said _ a seat off the tories in 2016, i said that — a seat off the tories in 2016, i said that experience for me shows that there — said that experience for me shows that there is nothing inevitable at winning, — that there is nothing inevitable at winning, nothing inevitable in politics— winning, nothing inevitable in politics about losing, which is why we have _ politics about losing, which is why we have been so determined to stay focused _ we have been so determined to stay focused during this campaign. there is a window— focused during this campaign. there is a window of opportunity for us to win and _ is a window of opportunity for us to

win and it _ is a window of opportunity for us to win and it is — is a window of opportunity for us to win and it is narrow. we can make very— win and it is narrow. we can make very few— win and it is narrow. we can make very few mistakes. we have to listen so carefullv — very few mistakes. we have to listen so carefully to what the public is telling _ so carefully to what the public is telling us — so carefully to what the public is telling us. their priorities must be demonstrably our priorities, they need _ demonstrably our priorities, they need to— demonstrably our priorities, they need to see we have changed as a party— need to see we have changed as a party from — need to see we have changed as a party from the one that rejected it so decisively. look what keir did. i would _ so decisively. look what keir did. i would like — so decisively. look what keir did. i would like to say it was based on that conversation but i don't think it was! _ that conversation but i don't think it was! he — that conversation but i don't think it was! he is far more nimble as a politician — it was! he is far more nimble as a politician than people have given him credit for. and i think the thing — him credit for. and i think the thing that— him credit for. and i think the thing that people have underestimated, and those people in politics— underestimated, and those people in politics vou _ underestimated, and those people in politics you have underestimated him, _ politics you have underestimated hinr. are — politics you have underestimated him, are the ones paying the price todav _ him, are the ones paying the price toda . ., . ~' him, are the ones paying the price toda . ., . ,, . ., today. you talk about how he listened after _ today. you talk about how he listened after the _ today. you talk about how he listened after the last - today. you talk about how he i listened after the last election. easy listening, are you all listening to some of the constituencies around the country today after this election? because on gaza, for example, in some places you have been punished for your policy. you have been punished for your oli . . you have been punished for your oli . , . ., ., policy. there will be a lot of learnin: policy. there will be a lot of learning and _ policy. there will be a lot of learning and a _ policy. there will be a lot of learning and a lot _ policy. there will be a lot of learning and a lot of - policy. there will be a lot of. learning and a lot of listening policy. there will be a lot of- learning and a lot of listening to do. learning and a lot of listening to do in _ learning and a lot of listening to do in fact, _ learning and a lot of listening to do. in fact, in gaza we have been listening — do. in fact, in gaza we have been listening so— do. in fact, in gaza we have been listening so incredibly carefully all the — listening so incredibly carefully all the way through, not just the campaign, — all the way through, not just the campaign, but ever since the horrific— campaign, but ever since the

horrific terrorist attacks on october _ horrific terrorist attacks on october the 7th and the israeli response — october the 7th and the israeli response afterwards. so, yes, that will carry— response afterwards. so, yes, that will carry on — response afterwards. so, yes, that will carry on. but the key thing is we are _ will carry on. but the key thing is we are now— will carry on. but the key thing is we are now in government. it has been _ we are now in government. it has been frustrating for us that there has been — been frustrating for us that there has been so much attention on our position— has been so much attention on our position when we have been in opposition. now we are in government. we want the war to end. we want _ government. we want the war to end. we want a _ government. we want the war to end. we want a political process to replace — we want a political process to replace it. we want de—conflict to end as _ replace it. we want de—conflict to end as quickly as it can. both sides have _ end as quickly as it can. both sides have to _ end as quickly as it can. both sides have to buy— end as quickly as it can. both sides have to buy into that. we had one country _ have to buy into that. we had one country can't or do this on our own. you will— country can't or do this on our own. you will see — country can't or do this on our own. you will see with david lammy as foreign— you will see with david lammy as foreign secretary perhaps later today. — foreign secretary perhaps later today, and with keir starmer as prime _ today, and with keir starmer as prime minister, you will have a britain — prime minister, you will have a britain which will work in lockstep with our— britain which will work in lockstep with our international partners to try and _ with our international partners to try and bring the pressure we can to bring _ try and bring the pressure we can to bring this— try and bring the pressure we can to bring this conflict to an end. what about green _ bring this conflict to an end. what about green policies? _ bring this conflict to an end. transit about green policies? obviously or you have lost that seat to the greens. is that an indication you have not been radical enough, maybe, that you have not inspired people enough? you won over 400 votes, a

huge majority, i totally get that, but your vote share is not as high as you would like it to be. i know it's right or the system works on the way it does, but that does mean that people coming to vote for you, is there an element that there needed to be a bit more excitement, group more radicalism? what needed to be a bit more excitement, group more radicalism?— group more radicalism? what you can't do is — group more radicalism? what you can't do is have _ group more radicalism? what you can't do is have the _ group more radicalism? what you can't do is have the most - group more radicalism? what you can't do is have the most radical. can't do is have the most radical rent _ can't do is have the most radical rent election results for several generations. rent election results for several generations-— rent election results for several generations. was it a re'ection of the conservatives _ generations. was it a rejection of the conservatives rather- generations. was it a rejection of the conservatives rather than - generations. was it a rejection of i the conservatives rather than voting for you? the conservatives rather than voting for ou? ., . ~ for you? the two are linked. of course we _ for you? the two are linked. of course we got _ for you? the two are linked. of course we got votes _ for you? the two are linked. of course we got votes where - for you? the two are linked. of course we got votes where we | for you? the two are linked. of- course we got votes where we needed the votes _ course we got votes where we needed the votes to— course we got votes where we needed the votes to be. that is smart politics~ — the votes to be. that is smart politics. we have seen too much dumb politics— politics. we have seen too much dumb politics from _ politics. we have seen too much dumb politics from parties in recent years — politics from parties in recent years. these were smart politics from _ years. these were smart politics from a _ years. these were smart politics from a smart leader and a smart team and a _ from a smart leader and a smart team and a great _ from a smart leader and a smart team and a great labour party team underneath it. of course, some people — underneath it. of course, some people did _ underneath it. of course, some people did vote on gaza issues and environmental issues. we have to understand — environmental issues. we have to understand what radicalism is in this day— understand what radicalism is in this day and age. that is what people — this day and age. that is what people underestimated in this campaign. radical, viewed through

ordinary— campaign. radical, viewed through ordinary people's lives right now, is being _ ordinary people's lives right now, is being able to see a doctor within a week— is being able to see a doctor within a week if— is being able to see a doctor within a week if you are in pain. radical is being— a week if you are in pain. radical is being able to send your kids to school— is being able to send your kids to school where the roof is not falling in. school where the roof is not falling in radical — school where the roof is not falling in. radical is working on economy, having _ in. radical is working on economy, having a _ in. radical is working on economy, having a job, — in. radical is working on economy, having a job, where that money will io having a job, where that money will go further— having a job, where that money will go further into the future than it has today— go further into the future than it has today and in the past. these are the lived _ has today and in the past. these are the lived experiences of people in britain _ the lived experiences of people in britain today on average incomes living _ britain today on average incomes living ordinary hard working lives. that is _ living ordinary hard working lives. that is what we plugged into. for people _ that is what we plugged into. for people who said you are not radical because _ people who said you are not radical because you don't have enough notes after every _ because you don't have enough notes after every announcement, or your targets— after every announcement, or your targets are _ after every announcement, or your targets are two years earlier than everybody — targets are two years earlier than everybody else, they have an attach themselves to the lived experiences. i understand a lot of people thought there was— i understand a lot of people thought there was an inevitability about the labour— there was an inevitability about the labour party winning and therefore they felt— labour party winning and therefore they felt able to vote for other parties — they felt able to vote for other parties in _ they felt able to vote for other parties in order to send us a message _ parties in order to send us a message. we hear this message. but we will— message. we hear this message. but we will listen to the voices of all people _ we will listen to the voices of all people in— we will listen to the voices of all people in britain in the weeks and once _ people in britain in the weeks and once going forward and we will respond — once going forward and we will respond. but when it comes and the tradition— respond. but when it comes and the tradition -- —

respond. but when it comes and the tradition —— transition to clean power. — tradition —— transition to clean power. our— tradition —— transition to clean power, our policies were just radical— power, our policies were just radical of— power, our policies were just radical of what —— because of what they would — radical of what —— because of what they would do, but radical because we could _ they would do, but radical because we could get into government and deliver— we could get into government and deliver them.— we could get into government and deliver them. . ,, , ., , . ~ deliver them. thank you very much. a lot of changes — deliver them. thank you very much. a lot of changes in _ deliver them. thank you very much. a lot of changes in westminster - deliver them. thank you very much. a lot of changes in westminster and - lot of changes in westminster and the house of commons behind us is going to look very different next week. jeremy vine can give us an idea of what it will look like. he is inside, sort of.- idea of what it will look like. he is inside, sort of. sort of! actually. _ he is inside, sort of. sort of! actually, inside _ he is inside, sort of. sort of! actually, inside bbc- he is inside, sort of. sort of! actually, inside bbc cardiff, | he is inside, sort of. sort of! - actually, inside bbc cardiff, which has hosted as brilliantly as we built our set and went through the night. the key thing that will be different of course will be that the government backbenches have labour mps on them. with four results still to go, we can say with quite a bit of conviction they will be 412 labour mps. very close to the number that tony blair got in his landslide victory in 97. bring on the others now. a bit more space to stretch out on the opposition benches with only 122 conservatives, the worst result any of them can ever remember. the

worst result in their history, basically. they have a lot of rebuilding to do. goodness knows how long it will take. different story for the lib dems. the meltdown in the conservative vote gave them 71, the conservative vote gave them 71, the snp crossed on ten, reform and four, greens, great results, four, plaid cymru in wales doubling their seats with four, and the others is northern ireland 18, plusjeremy corbyn, plus four other mps. that undermines what an interesting and very night we have had. the main story is on the government backbenches. and the majority of keir starmer's labour party, 174. jeremy, thank you very much indeed. we will be back withjeremy in cardiff throughout the day, drilling down into the data. let me just explain those numbers on your screen right now. there are 650 seats in

the house of commons. any party needs 396 to win. labour have won 411. it is a thumping majority. it is a landslide win for labour. they have won 210 more seats at this election than they did at the last. that is why there is no doubt that this morning it is a landslide, labour taking control of government and we will see sir keir starmer arriving at number 10 in the next hour or two. we certainly will. before that we will see rishi sunak, who will be leaving, i think, will see rishi sunak, who will be leaving, ithink, in will see rishi sunak, who will be leaving, i think, in about an hour's time. and maybe sooner. we will definitely bring that to you live. laura kuenssberg is in downing street. that's right. probably about an hour to go. you may be able to see on the edge of shot some of the official photographer getting ready. making sure they are in the right spot for that moment when rishi sunak will come out and speak to the

nation as prime minister and speak to the nation one last time. but for his rival, now the victor, keir starmer, who has beaten him, the work already begins. in the last couple of minutes we have had the first big reactions from foreign leaders. we have a tweet from president zelensky of ukraine saying congratulations on the convincing election victory. the uk's role started under boris johnson, the leadership role supporting ukraine against vladimir putin, something sir keir starmer said he would continue. another message from emmanuel macron, in political trouble in france. he is expressing

congratulations to sir keir starmer. one wonders when the first discussion he mentions took place. that is interesting because labour has tried everything it can knock to suggest in any way they would somehow become dramatically closer to europe in a way that might upset brexit tending voters but it will be interesting to see the tone of european leaders welcoming sir keir starmer. chris mason joins starmer. chris masonjoins me now. interesting, there are always these congratulatory messages from foreign leaders saying well done, let us be best of friends. like it or not, overseas affairs will be a big part of his tenure.

the focus is principally domestic. but yes, straightaway, the international picture. we know how difficult the international scene is, for the new prime minister straight into that world. next week as it happens the nato defence alliance having its annual conference in washington, dc, that will be sir keir starmer's first foreign trip as prime minister and the first chance to meet face—to—face as prime minister the folk he will be speaking on the phone—in the coming hours, starting that most personal relationship so crucial to the diplomatic relationships that exist between the uk and its allies. as if to underline that specific point about the challenge of international affairs sir keir starmer faces, the challenge of international affairs sir keir starmerfaces, he knows it when he looks around assembling his cabinet, seeing someone likejonathan ashworth so

key to the labour campaign, a prominent face and voice, losing his seatin prominent face and voice, losing his seat in leicester, and where the arguments around gaza and the stance on gaza. reminding him how real that is. on gaza. reminding him how realthat is, ., on gaza. reminding him how realthat is. some of the official photographers - is. some of the official photographers setting | is. some of the official. photographers setting up is. some of the official- photographers setting up so is. some of the official— photographers setting up so they are in the right place, fixing cameras everywhere for the government's own official footage of this extraordinary event. we saw official footage of this extraordinary event. we saneremy hunt and his family coming out and their labrador. i hunt and his family coming out and their labrador.— hunt and his family coming out and their labrador. i know you are a big fan of dogs — their labrador. i know you are a big fan of dogs at _ their labrador. i know you are a big fan of dogs at polling _ their labrador. i know you are a big fan of dogs at polling stations, - their labrador. i know you are a big fan of dogs at polling stations, nowj fan of dogs at polling stations, now it is dogs in downing street. band it is dogs in downing street. and rishi sunak _ it is dogs in downing street. and rishi sunak also has a labrador. it is dogs in downing street. and i rishi sunak also has a labrador. a rishi sunak also has a labrador. very british detail. with the

brutality of the transfer of power, jeremy hunt and his family driven away in a grade transit van ending his office. i away in a grade transit van ending his office. ~ away in a grade transit van ending his office. ,, . , away in a grade transit van ending his office. ~ . , . away in a grade transit van ending his office. ,, . , . , ., his office. i think it was a smart --eole his office. i think it was a smart people carrier- _ his office. i think it was a smart people carrier. quite _ his office. i think it was a smart people carrier. quite a - his office. i think it was a smart l people carrier. quite a metaphor. different to _ people carrier. quite a metaphor. different to the _ people carrier. quite a metaphor. different to the jaguar _ people carrier. quite a metaphor. different to the jaguar or - people carrier. quite a metaphor. i different to the jaguar or mercedes. turning to these questions of international relationships. it hardly featured in the campaign, few questions about the differences between labour and conservatives on defence spending. sir keir starmer has always tried to attack close to the government saying parties should be united when it comes to national security. he has been involved in national security briefings with his team. yet inside the labour party, it is a tricky fault line on the conflict in the middle east. that costjonathan ashworth his seat.

lots of pressure. exactly that. the strategy from labour in the last year, the last couple of years, has been pretty much to cut and paste the government position on the major international fault lines particularly on ukraine and indeed on the middle east. that is one thing in opposition. in government albeit with a whopping majority which will offer protection from the backbenches, he knows the wider labour movement has raised real concerns. he got a lot of it in his ear after remarks at the labour conference last october.— his ear after remarks at the labour conference last october. some of his team resigned _ conference last october. some of his team resigned over— conference last october. some of his team resigned over gaza, _ conference last october. some of his team resigned over gaza, jess - team resigned over gaza, jess phillips quit. it team resigned over gaza, jess phillips quit-— team resigned over gaza, jess phillips quit. it cost him seats. some have _ phillips quit. it cost him seats. some have squeaked - phillips quit. it cost him seats. some have squeaked back- phillips quit. it cost him seats. some have squeaked back in i phillips quit. it cost him seats. | some have squeaked back in by phillips quit. it cost him seats. - some have squeaked back in by the most narrow of margins. he will be well aware of that and having to acknowledge that in his

conversations within the party as well as his conversations to the country. one of the many challenges to the mantra of country first, party second. in terms of his own sense of global affairs, sir keir starmer had a fine pedigree as a lawyer, he dealt with lots of terror and human rights cases, on the other side of it, does it strike you as someone with a clear vision of what he would like british foreign policy to be? i am not sure he has sketched that out, we had the beginnings from david lammy in some high—minded editorials in american publications, even translated into french. i do not think we have had a proper sense of that, to be honest. so often prime ministers find themselves, yes, obviously with a focus on the

domestic but can easily find themselves and just looking down downing street, the gates are opening. it looks like it might be someone sweeping back in. if we get out of the shop. half a dozen motorbikes working their way up. no one else following. maybe they are lining up for the departure of rishi sunak. we can pop up again. it looks like the motorcade that will accompany rishi sunak and his family when they are ready to leave the building. there is the famous black door. there is the famous black door. there is the famous black door. there is an uptick in activity, cameras tied to the railings, police outriders arriving. and beside me someone putting tape on the floor to make sure all of the cameras have exactly the right positions for that moment which will capture the historical defeat of rishi sunak

whose efforts in the last 20 months in office were nowhere near enough to hold off what some conservatives have been saying was an inevitable defeat after 14 years in office. at the beginning when rishi sunak came into power after the political expression of liz truss, there were hopes perhaps not that he would be able to win, but hopes an expectation under his leadership he would drag the conservatives up after pa rtygate would drag the conservatives up after partygate added liz truss. and then, there was an expedition to the polls would narrow and optimism perhaps the tories might hold off labour to a hung parliament. it seems extraordinary to imagine how wrong that proved to be. rishi sunak when he assumed office by surprise because of the implosion. he by surprise because of the implosion-— by surprise because of the implosion. he lost the tory leadership _ implosion. he lost the tory leadership race. _ leadership race. suddenly he found by surprise he is

resuscitated as a prime ministerial candidate and then prime minister, making the argument not only had he been this incredibly popular chancellor doling out billions of pounds. chancellor doling out billions of ounds. �* . chancellor doling out billions of ounds. . . ., chancellor doling out billions of ounds. . . . . , , , pounds. amazing what happens when ou rive pounds. amazing what happens when you give out — pounds. amazing what happens when you give out money. _ pounds. amazing what happens when you give out money. your _ pounds. amazing what happens when you give out money. your ratings - you give out money. your ratings soar, you give out money. your ratings soar. they _ you give out money. your ratings soar. they did — you give out money. your ratings soar, they did for _ you give out money. your ratings soar, they did for him. _ you give out money. your ratings soar, they did for him. also - you give out money. your ratings soar, they did for him. also as i you give out money. your ratings soar, they did for him. also as a | soar, they did for him. also as a character. to understate a point wildly, a vastly different character from either of his two predecessors, liz truss and boris johnson. from either of his two predecessors, liz truss and borisjohnson. he came in withjeremy hunt saying, we get it, we will offer a certain amount of political and economic stability. he can point to the fact economically things are not as wobbly as they were. and politically for most of his time as prime minister there were not immediate thoughts are among the journalistic pack, will he survive the week which at the tail end of borisjohnson and liz truss was a life question.

but yes, there were those hopes within conservative circles he might be able to steady the ship and narrow what was then a big poll gap. frankly he never managed. he tried everything. he tried stability, tried being a bit more revolutionary in outlook, nothing but including in the campaign. the truth is the opinion polls never shifted throughout his entire time in there. the worst defeat tories have had in modern times. rishi sunak leaves behind notjust the tories smashed to bits in a ten round from 2019 but a party with a different diagnosis already or what has gone wrong. we had suella braverman saying i am sorry to the public we did not do enough on immigration ought to be true conservatives. on the other hand you had different characters like sir robert buckland, another

former cabinet minister, urging the party to stick to the middle ground and not to veer off. we can already see the way the debate about the future of the tory party is shaping up. before that can begin in earnest there will be the official departure of rishi sunak from there will be the official departure of rishi sunakfrom downing street. the last time we will see him speak to the country a couple of metres behind me. he will —— we will let you know as soon as it is about to happen. we will come straight back to you. thank you very much. we still have some declarations coming in. a very tight contest. labour have taken poole, and oh my goodness it was tight. neil duncanjordan has won it with a majority ofjust18, a

seat the conservatives have had since 1997. that had gone to a third recount. incredible when this happens, with an electorate of 80000 and it goes down to the wire. not the only one, rick holden, still the chairman of the conservative party, in basildon and billericay, his went down to 20, people thought he might lose. he was parachuted in and there was local resentment. mel stride was all over the airwaves, he won by 61. an awful lot of very marginal seats. didn't quite get to the toss of a coin! . . didn't quite get to the toss of a coin! , . ., ., ., coin! the perfect moment now to seak to coin! the perfect moment now to speak to salma. _ coin! the perfect moment now to speak to salma. former - coin! the perfect moment now to speak to salma. former special | speak to salma. former special adviser to the conservatives in government. what you think about these numbers, the concept is down

to 122 mp5. overall there is no denying it is a disastrous— overall there is no denying it is a disastrous result for the conservatives. not one anyone would welcome _ conservatives. not one anyone would welcome. but after 14 years in government and a turbulent last five years. _ government and a turbulent last five years. this _ government and a turbulent last five years, this was where we were going. but i years, this was where we were going. but i feel— years, this was where we were going. but i feel hopeful because on some predictions is getting as low as 80, even talking about a canada style wiped _ even talking about a canada style wiped out, there are reasons to be cheerful _ cheerful. really! because we have cheerful. — really! because we have not had clearly —— not had complete calamity. from some of the predictions, i think there is a point at least the conservatives can rebuild. the question for them is how do they rebuild? robert got ——

robert buckland on one side saying we need to get serious about winning again and be centrist. and suella braverman doing the, i am so sorry about immigration, she is thinking about immigration, she is thinking about how she is positioning herself for a concerted contest. this is now going to be a point of introspection, thinking about what is the conservative messaging, what will they do over the next five years. will they do over the next five ears. �* ., . , ., will they do over the next five ears. �* ., ., , . u years. and who was to blame? a multitude- _ years. and who was to blame? a multitude- my — years. and who was to blame? a multitude. my personal- years. and who was to blame? a multitude. my personal opinion i years. and who was to blame? al multitude. my personal opinion is post—brexit and borisjohnson's post—brexit and boris johnson's incompetence, that decline did not change from 2022 and we have never been able to recover. asjohn curtice has said, this is really about the conservatives losing and we have to accept if we are going to move on that reputation of

incompetence and not getting things working, we have to look at ourselves and fix that. do you think there was anything the conservatives could have done during this campaign to get them to a respectable number, or was it lost from the beginning?— respectable number, or was it lost from the beginning? this was always a damaue from the beginning? this was always a damage control _ from the beginning? this was always a damage control exercise. - from the beginning? this was always a damage control exercise. the - from the beginning? this was always| a damage control exercise. the issue was not that we could have done anything better, but we didn't need to shoot ourselves in the foot as much as we did. it is raining today. rishi sunak has not been lucky with the rain. i hope the weather clears as he says goodbye. it's things like that. stupid things like judgments around d—day. it was the incompetence. i think you people you have around you and what

you trust and who you put your faith in. that is also a judgment on you as a prime minister, is the person that leads. i know thesejobs as a prime minister, is the person that leads. i know these jobs are hard, i know they are difficult. i also think the reckoning will come and people need to take responsibility themselves. i take responsibility themselves. i take responsibility for periods in government and things have not gone well. i was the adviser. we are all partly responsible for this and what has happened in terms of our reputational confidence. flan has happened in terms of our reputational confidence. can you believe that _ reputational confidence. can you believe that only _ reputational confidence. can you believe that only four _ reputational confidence. can you believe that only four and - reputational confidence. can you believe that only four and a - reputational confidence. can you believe that only four and a half| reputational confidence. can you i believe that only four and a half or years ago borisjohnson had a majority of 80 and we were talking about the conservatives being in power for more than a decade, now look at these numbers? b, 11th power for more than a decade, now look at these numbers?— look at these numbers? a lot of --eole look at these numbers? a lot of people are _ look at these numbers? a lot of people are talking _ look at these numbers? a lot of people are talking about - look at these numbers? a lot of people are talking about the - people are talking about the volatility of the electorate. i don't think the electorate is volatile. it is about the way people campaign and the votes are gopher. it is undeniable labour ran a very smart campaign. they took great advantage of the context. they were brilliant that their messaging. much more disciplined. the result shows that effectively. now it is for the conservatives to say, how are we

going to become a lean, mean fighting machine again? next leader? oh, let me check who is left! thank ou ve oh, let me check who is left! thank you very much- _ oh, let me check who is left! thank you very much- it — oh, let me check who is left! thank you very much. it has _ oh, let me check who is left! thank you very much. it has been - oh, let me check who is left! thank you very much. it has been quite i oh, let me check who is left! thank you very much. it has been quite a| you very much. it has been quite a night. it promises to be quite a morning. there is so much for you to catch up on. so we will have a go. labour have won a landslide victory in the general election, on a dramatic night in british politics. we did it! it is a spectacular turnaround for sir keir starmer's party, less than five years after their worst result in almost a century. a sunlight of hope. pale at first, but getting stronger through the day, shining once again on a country with the opportunity, after 14 years, to get its future back. cheering

the former conservative prime minister liz truss and a record number of serving cabinet ministers and senior politicians are among those to lose their seats with the tories are set for their worst result in their history. the british people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight. there is much to learn and reflect on, and i take responsibility for the loss. we are going to go straight to scotland. john swinney is speaking. i am very sorry to be losing so many able members of parliament and candidates who were unsuccessful, and that so many staff who work so well to support our members of parliament and parliamentarians will also not be able to serve in the way they have until now. i am sorry about the difficulties that will

cause for individuals. this tough night adds to what has been a really difficult period for the scottish national party, a difficult period that has gone on for some time. and indeed that difficult period has resulted in me becoming leader of the scottish national party only eight weeks ago. but i came into office to fix that difficult period and eyeing per knitted to doing that. —— and eyeing per knitted to doing that. -- i and eyeing per knitted to doing that. —— i am committed to doing that. —— i am committed to doing that. the scottish national party needs to be healed and it needs to heal its relationship with the people of scotland. and i am absolutely committed to doing that. i want to make it clear that i take full responsibility for the scottish national party campaign and the outcome that has been achieved. that is what leadership is about. you plan your campaign and you take responsibility for it when it's completed. and i take full responsibility for that campaign. but i also come out of that

campaign, commit us to listen and to learn from the very obvious setback that we had last night. when i stood for the leadership of the scottish national party i promised to ensure a vibrant internal democracy within the party as a means of creating strength and cohesion within the party. and in the few weeks that i have had to exercise those responsibilities as leader of the party, i have brought people together in the way that i proposed and planned to do. but there is clearly more that is going to have to be done for us as a party to reflect on the election outcome, to reflect on the election outcome, to reflect on the issue is that it raises, and to listen to each other and to learn from each other about what is necessary to be done to strengthen our position as a consequence of last night. we also have to do that in the country as well as a party. we have to listen

and we have to learn. from the experiences of the election campaign. and i commit us, having brought my party together, to maintain my party pass external focus of looking outwards, of engaging with the public in scotland to make sure that we listen to the people of our country and we learn from their reflections and their observations on the election campaign. and i think there two particular areas in which we have to do that. the first is question of building trust. the scottish national party has built trust with voters in scotland by making a positive impact on their lives, by changing their lives for the better. we have done that, we have delivered that on a whole host of different policy areas over the time in which we have been in government. so, delivering policy commitments that

change the lives of individuals are central to how you build up trust with the electorate. and i committed to ensuring that we focus on that delivery, and ensuring that we delivery, and ensuring that we deliver the policy commitments that make a difference on the issues that matter to people in our country, and crucially, on the issues, the key concerns that they have, which they articulated to us during the campaign. we must work hard to engage with the public to build trust and to build confidence. but the second issue, and of the second area where we have to engage with the public, to listen to them and to learn, is on the question of independence. in 2021 we asked the people of scotland to give the scottish parliament a mandate to hold a referendum on independence. and the public gaze that parliamentary mandate to the scottish parliament in 2021. it is a

matter of record that that mandate has been thwarted, it has not been enacted. our manifesto for the selection said that if we won a majority of seats in scotland, that would intensify pressure to enact that mandate. essentially, it would provide us with the opportunity to take forward that policy commitment. i have to accept that we failed to convince people of the urgency of independence in this election campaign. and therefore, we need to take the time to consider and to reflect on how we deliver our commitment to independence, which remains absolute. and as somebody who has devoted their entire adult life to the winning of scottish independence, not for an abstract reasoning, but because i believe it will transform the lives of our people for the better, we need to get that approach correct in the

forthcoming period. so, iaccept that we need to engage with and learn from the people of scotland and how we take forward our arguments for independence. i said that i would say more about the approach to discussions with the united kingdom government, and later on today sir keir starmer will become the prime minister. i have served in government for many years and on many occasions and many issues i have enjoyed a good and positive working relationship with the united kingdom government. i have to say i have been appalled by the quality of that relationship in the quality of that relationship in the last five years, in the aftermath of brexit, where for a whole host of reasons, which many of you will have heard me rehearsing during the election campaign, i have felt the powers of the scottish government eroded by the response to brexit. so i want to make it clear

as we enter a new era... john swinney of the snp reacting to their heavy losses overnight, from their heavy losses overnight, from the lectern in edinburgh, saying he is very sorry to be losing so many candidates and mps. he says he takes full responsibility for those losses. he only became leader of the snp a few days before the surprise election called by rishi sunak. he says he will listen and learn. we need to rebuild trust as the snp, and we need to accept, he said, that we need to take our time to consider and reflect how we deliver our ongoing commitment to independence. obviously that is a bruising loss of seats for them. let's go to downing street. we can see the scene. the umbrellas are down, which will be a huge relief for rishi sunak, who six weeks in a couple of days after announcing that election in absolutely torrential rain, is going to be coming out into downing street

through the back door for one last time as prime minister before he sets off on a very shortjourney to buckingham palace where he will tender his resignation to the king. we are expecting that to happen in just over 15 minutes' time. to stay with us. we are joined just over 15 minutes' time. to stay with us. we arejoined right just over 15 minutes' time. to stay with us. we are joined right now by the mayor of london, sadiq khan, who has been mayor of london since 2016. good morning. thank you for coming to see us. your reflections on last night? it to see us. your reflections on last niuht? . . . to see us. your reflections on last ni. ht? ., , , ., to see us. your reflections on last niuht? ., , . ., to see us. your reflections on last niuht? , ., ., ., night? it has been a great night for keir starmer's _ night? it has been a great night for keir starmer's labour _ night? it has been a great night for keir starmer's labour party. if- night? it has been a great night for keir starmer's labour party. if we i keir starmer's labour party. if we were speaking in 29, and i think we did, we would be talking about whether the labour party was on the brink of distinction, the worst result since 1935. if you had said to me there was a chance that labour would form the next government, i would form the next government, i would have said what have you had too much of? if four —— 410 labour mps in parliament. it is a big tribute to keir starmer, to the

shadow cabinet, to staffers for the incredible amount of work changing our party. but i think keir starmer as prime minister will serve with humility. he will be magnanimous and understand one of hisjobs is to bring our country together. iital’hat understand one of his jobs is to bring our country together. what has he done in those _ bring our country together. what has he done in those four— bring our country together. what has he done in those four and _ bring our country together. what has he done in those four and a - bring our country together. what has he done in those four and a half- he done in those four and a half years to completely change the party's years to completely change the pa rty�*s fortunes? years to completely change the party's fortunes?— party's fortunes? firstly, to recognise — party's fortunes? firstly, to recognise how _ party's fortunes? firstly, to recognise how badly - party's fortunes? firstly, to recognise how badly we i party's fortunes? firstly, to | recognise how badly we lost party's fortunes? firstly, to i recognise how badly we lost in party's fortunes? firstly, to - recognise how badly we lost in 2019. the british public were not wrong. we were wrong in relation to the offer we had to the british public. a root and branch transformation of the labour party, addressing the issues of anti—semitism. being an effective opposition to the conservative government. and putting forward and up —— offer to the british public. in 2015 and 2017 and 2019 many members of the british public were unhappy with the conservative party but not willing to lend us their vote. on this occasion yesterday they did. iital’hat occasion yesterday they did. what would ou occasion yesterday they did. what would you ask _ occasion yesterday they did. what would you ask for _ occasion yesterday they did. what would you ask for from _ occasion yesterday they did. what would you ask for from him? the |

would you ask for from him? the first thing is _ would you ask for from him? the first thing is l _ would you ask for from him? the: first thing is i think would you ask for from him? tt;e: first thing is i think he would you ask for from him? tt9: first thing is i think he has a responsibility to show that politicians are public servants. we are not all in it for ourselves. that leadership comes from the top. what i don't want is the government or to put obstacles in my way on a daily basis. if you are going to get economic growth across our country, we have to play our role as a capital city. one of the things that now is, —— passionate about is new homes across the country. we have a housing crisis in london. i think actually when you compare the uk now with keir starmer as prime minister for some time, we see calm compared to france, germany... that will lead to france, germany... that will lead to investment. it to france, germany... that will lead to investment.— to investment. it wasn't all great news for labour _ to investment. it wasn't all great news for labour in _ to investment. it wasn't all great news for labour in london. i to investment. it wasn't all great news for labour in london. six i to investment. it wasn't all great. news for labour in london. six lib dem seats. jeremy corbyn back as an independent?— independent? these are the best results in london _ independent? these are the best results in london for _ independent? these are the best results in london for labour i independent? these are the best| results in london for labour ever.

59, 59 labour results in london for labour ever. 59,59 labour mps in london. notaries tories in central london, in inner london. of course, i rather wish we had won all micro—seats. that is not possible. haifa wish we had won all micro-seats. that is not possible.— wish we had won all micro-seats. that is not possible. how will keir starmer handle _ that is not possible. how will keir starmer handle jeremy _ that is not possible. how will keir starmer handle jeremy corbyn. i l that is not possible. how will keir- starmer handle jeremy corbyn. i have known for many _ starmer handle jeremy corbyn. i have known for many years. _ starmer handle jeremy corbyn. i have known for many years. he _ starmer handle jeremy corbyn. i have known for many years. he is - starmer handle jeremy corbyn. i have known for many years. he is clearly i known for many years. he is clearly a popular local mp. we all know he is. he has been the mp for islington north since 1983. many residents have repaid jeremy's hard work. there is not a school fete that happens it his patch city doesn't turn up to. voters have rewarded his hard service over a number of decades. t hard service over a number of decades-— hard service over a number of decades. :, :, , :, decades. i going to interrupt what ou are decades. i going to interrupt what you are saying- — decades. i going to interrupt what you are saying. i'm _ decades. i going to interrupt what you are saying. i'm going - decades. i going to interrupt what you are saying. i'm going to i decades. i going to interrupt what you are saying. i'm going to show| you are saying. i'm going to show you are saying. i'm going to show you larry the cat. you always becomes a star in these moments. he has been there. he has been there longer than anyone. t he has been there longer than an one. ~' :. , ~ . he has been there longer than an one. ~ :, , ~ , anyone. i think many mps look with en at anyone. i think many mps look with envy at the — anyone. i think many mps look with envy at the number _ anyone. i think many mps look with envy at the number of _ anyone. i think many mps look with envy at the number of twitter i envy at the number of twitter followers of larry the cat and the amount of media coverage it gets! it

amount of media coverage it gets! it is only since jeremy hunt's dog left is only sincejeremy hunt's dog left that he has emerged. keir starmer has promised his daughter a new dog. what breed? that is interesting. breaking news there will be a new dog in downing street. there are some big decisions he has to make as prime minister. he has a massive majority. do you think now, he should have been bolder in this campaign, he should have made bigger commitments may be on brexit? i have known him for 25 years. he believes in public service. one of the things he realised is you cannot give hope without credibility. what the british people once, and what

you will see from keir starmer as prime minister is someone who under promises and over delivers, isn't it time the british public had a government that delivers on promises. it government that delivers on promises-— government that delivers on romises. :, :, , , promises. it was a domestically focused campaign. _ promises. it was a domestically focused campaign. there i promises. it was a domestically focused campaign. there are i promises. it was a domestically| focused campaign. there are big changes potentially possibly in america if there is a change of government. you have had your exchanges with president trump. how does a labour government deal with that? after the d—day commemorations he was so moved by those former soldiers who had served their country he had met. he will be at the nato summit next week in washington, hosting european leaders in blenheim palace this month. hand on heart, there have been many occasions where we have been a laughing stock across the globe. he

wants to restore our credibility as a player, not a spectator. you have seen the work he and david lammy have done with president biden's team and reaching out to the republican team, none of us knows who will be next president, but we need a special relationship with them. keir starmerwill need a special relationship with them. keir starmer will need to do business with the president. and the eu? it breaks my heart we left the european union but it is not possible to rejoin. what is possible is next year when it comes up for renewal to have closer alignment with the eu. we can't rejoin the eu but we can have closer links. itrrul’iii but we can have closer links. will ou be but we can have closer links. will you be pushing to rejoin the customs union? you be pushing to re'oin the customs union? , :, , , union? they will look into the best deal for our _

union? they will look into the best deal for our country. _ union? they will look into the best deal for our country. do _ union? they will look into the best deal for our country. do you i union? they will look into the best deal for our country. do you thinkl deal for our country. do you think we should? what they need to do is look at the upside of closer alignment. this is not one way to make the eu have to agree to the terms. the key thing is to impress how good this is for the eu as well. you are not pushing for them to rejoin the customs union? t am rejoin the customs union? i am lookin: rejoin the customs union? i am looking for— rejoin the customs union? i am looking for closer _ rejoin the customs union? t —n looking for closer alignment. the point i will be making is if we get a good deal with the european union, for more growth for our country which is important to invest in public services. [10 which is important to invest in public services.— which is important to invest in public services. do you wish you were part _ public services. do you wish you were part of _ public services. do you wish you were part of this _ public services. do you wish you were part of this labour- public services. do you wish you i were part of this labour government? i have the bestjob in british politics as mayor of london. what i have been frustrated with is having five different prime ministers, david cameron, theresa may, liz

truss, borisjohnson, rishi sunak. i want to work together with devolved regions and mayors in the common interest. :, :, :, :, interest. you are no longer the most owerful interest. you are no longer the most powerful labour _ interest. you are no longer the most powerful labour politician _ interest. you are no longer the most powerful labour politician in - interest. you are no longer the most powerful labour politician in the i powerful labour politician in the country. i am happy that goes to keir starmer. :. ~ i am happy that goes to keir starmer. :, ,, , :, i am happy that goes to keir starmer. :. ~' , :, ~ i am happy that goes to keir starmer-— i am happy that goes to keir starmer. :, ,, , :, . :, :, : starmer. thank you. we are watching downin: starmer. thank you. we are watching downing street _ starmer. thank you. we are watching downing street and _ starmer. thank you. we are watching downing street and buckingham i downing street and buckingham palace, expecting rishi sunak to leave number 10 in the next ten minutes. a big story in northern ireland, sinn fein has won the most seats there for the first time. we were hearing from john swinney about the snp's poor performance. now to northern ireland. sinn fein which had seven seats at the last election, narrowly behind the dup, in 2022, they became the biggest

party in the national assembly elections. after the westminster elections, you can see they are now the biggest westminster party. they don't take their seats in westminster don't forget. an extraordinary night. starting with this one wherejeffrey donaldson stood down as the dup leader to concentrate fighting those abuse charges. that is an 11% swing from the dup to alliance. a really good night in lagan valley, some compensation for losing north down to an independent. north antrim, jim alistair, who campaigned on no border in the irish sea, taking it from ian paisley. the paisley family

have had that constituency since 1970. an extraordinary swing. 26% to the unionists. another one for you, belfast, the battle of the leaders, the new leader gavin robinson seeing off naomi long, it is pretty much as you were. we have lectern activity at downing street. rishi sunak will be coming out shortly. we are expecting him at 10:30am. it might be sooner. umbrellas sum up, summed down. he will be hoping it is not raining. laura? volume has started to go up in downing street where you are joining

us. some protesters have their speakers out at the end of the street. playing so long, auf wiedersehen. just before we could hear applause some from inside the building. imagine what happens now, rishi sunak will be saying goodbye to staff who have served him during his time in downing street, there is 20 months he has been in charge. he will be saying thank you to those who have stood alongside him in incredibly difficult political moment. perhaps giving a last word to the many officials who have served him as impartial civil servants, and with his political team who have been alongside him in this campaign which has been so full of mishaps and mistakes from the start. in a few minutes it appears rishi

sunak will be emerging to speak to the nation for one last time. this moment of enormous drama. you can see they are about to test the microphones, one of the long serving press aides, checking the shot and sound. rishi sunak expected out in a few minutes. astonishing really to imagine how this pans out. a former member of the cabinet told me the point of calling a spring election as a surprise was to make things difficult for the opponents. in actualfact rishi sunak difficult for the opponents. in actual fact rishi sunak ended difficult for the opponents. in actualfact rishi sunak ended up making it look like he had surprised his own party because they didn't appear to be ready to go at all. studio: we will stay on as pictures. in our studio studio: we will stay on as pictures. in ourstudio we studio: we will stay on as pictures. in our studio we have two men who know what is going on behind those closed doors. alistair campbell,

1997, swept into power with tony blair. craig oliver, 2011, director of communications both of you. craig, what is going through rishi sunak�*s mind? he will want to leave well, thinking about how to leave being prime minister well, thinking about the speech out there. when people lose there is a moment where you look at them and reassess. gordon brown gave a very good speech. people felt he left well. rishi sunak wants to leave well, saying the right things, he wants to leave bizarrely some residual affection.— residual affection. alistair campbell. _ residual affection. alistair campbell, on _ residual affection. alistair campbell, on the - residual affection. alistair campbell, on the scale i residual affection. alistair campbell, on the scale of| residual affection. alistair i campbell, on the scale of what residual affection. alistair - campbell, on the scale of what sir keir starmer has achieved? it is not that long ago the hartley -- the _ it is not that long ago the hartley —— the hartlepool by—election and people _ —— the hartlepool by—election and people said he would never win. he pulls off— people said he would never win. he pulls off this extraordinary victory, _ pulls off this extraordinary victory, a huge landslide. people will talk— victory, a huge landslide. people will talk about share of vote but the fact — will talk about share of vote but the fact is — will talk about share of vote but

the fact is you fight to win and they— the fact is you fight to win and they have _ the fact is you fight to win and they have put all their resources into the — they have put all their resources into the places they needed to win. now, _ into the places they needed to win. now. he _ into the places they needed to win. now, he has a mandate to deliver change _ now, he has a mandate to deliver change and — now, he has a mandate to deliver change and he has to see is that in these _ change and he has to see is that in these first— change and he has to see is that in these first months. the challenges are huge — these first months. the challenges are huge. the honeymoon won't last long he _ are huge. the honeymoon won't last long he has— are huge. the honeymoon won't last long. he has energy, hope going back into the _ long. he has energy, hope going back into the country. i'm thrilled the worst— into the country. i'm thrilled the worst government in history has gone _ gone. the king gone. — the king arriving at buckingham palace. going in there where rishi sunak will also travel to tender his resignation to the king. craig, you are talking about rishi sunak wanting to leave well. i can tell you apparently there is an umbrella at this time outside downing street because of the showers, everyone will remember the pictures when he called the election. an umbrella on standby. the king about to enter buckingham

palace. when we talk about rishi sunak and his plan leaving office of prime minister, he is still an mp. do you think he will want to stay on in parliament even as leader? given the choice he would like to go as quickly as possible. i suspect he will stay on for a little bit as an mp. but leave as leader of the opposition to someone else. but there will be pressure on him to stay. people will say let us use the conference as an opportunity to choose a new leader, take a breath and reassess. they will, he will want to allow the opportunity. the conservative party is in danger of having a kneejerk reaction, tojoin forces with reform. rishi sunak will want to take a breath, properly

consider, allow someone more moderate to take charge. sir keir starmer has to hit the ground running. tony blair in his first 100 day is, he was pretty radical. although he says he wishes he had been more radical. within four days at the bank of england was independent. could we expect to see sir keir starmer produce something he hasn't even mentioned. the bank of in —— it wasn't mentioned, the bank of england, in the manifesto. ensuring economic stability was in the manifesto. i do not know whether keir starmer will have big surprises. what he will do is take those _ surprises. what he will do is take those missions and build the king's speech— those missions and build the king's speech around them. what the mandate does come _ speech around them. what the mandate does come at the size of the majority. _ does come at the size of the majority, he can do a lot of things he has _ majority, he can do a lot of things he has not — majority, he can do a lot of things he has not talked about, particularly in terms of planning

reform — particularly in terms of planning reform approach to housing. he has to strike hard _ reform approach to housing. he has to strike hard and _ reform approach to housing. he has to strike hard and fast _ reform approach to housing. he has to strike hard and fast given - reform approach to housing. he has to strike hard and fast given the i to strike hard and fast given the size of the majority, you can't waste time. size of the ma'ority, you can't waste time._ size of the ma'ority, you can't waste time. :, , , :, waste time. one of the messages from this election — waste time. one of the messages from this election is — waste time. one of the messages from this election is we _ waste time. one of the messages from this election is we live _ waste time. one of the messages from this election is we live in _ waste time. one of the messages from this election is we live in volatile i this election is we live in volatile political— this election is we live in volatile political times. this election is we live in volatile politicaltimes. he has this election is we live in volatile political times. he has to use this enormous — political times. he has to use this enormous capital he now has. i think he will _ enormous capital he now has. i think he will the — enormous capital he now has. i think he will. the one thing people should learn _ he will. the one thing people should learn about — he will. the one thing people should learn about keir starmer is at every stage _ learn about keir starmer is at every stage of— learn about keir starmer is at every stage of his — learn about keir starmer is at every stage of his life and career, he has been _ stage of his life and career, he has been underestimated. and he has always— been underestimated. and he has always exceeded expectations. i have always— always exceeded expectations. i have always felt— always exceeded expectations. i have always felt he is not someone who likes opposition, he is a creature of government. now, he has labour back in— of government. now, he has labour back in power he will be ruthless and clear— back in power he will be ruthless and clear what he wants to do. you _ and clear what he wants to do. you know _ and clear what he wants to do. you know him well, you advised him in 2015 when he first became an mp. what advice have you given him? t what advice have you given him? i have been through the campaign and

before _ have been through the campaign and before the _ have been through the campaign and before the campaign, i have been quite _ before the campaign, i have been quite critical on the podcast of labour— quite critical on the podcast of labour saying they are not hold enough. — labour saying they are not hold enough, they could be more radical. but you _ enough, they could be more radical. but you have to judge enough, they could be more radical. but you have tojudge campaigns by the outcome. going into government. the outcome — the outcome. going into government. the outcome he has delivered is extraordinary. what he has done is shown— extraordinary. what he has done is shown that — extraordinary. what he has done is shown that he follows his own part, listened _ shown that he follows his own part, listened to — shown that he follows his own part, listened to others. if he does that in government he will do well. how— in government he will do well. how much _ in government he will do well. how much contact has he had with tony blair? i don't know about over the last few weeks _ i don't know about over the last few weeks 0ne — i don't know about over the last few weeks. one of the good things about the labour— weeks. one of the good things about the labour party, in contrast with the labour party, in contrast with the tory— the labour party, in contrast with the tory party, it is all the previous— the tory party, it is all the previous leadersjust the tory party, it is all the previous leaders just want to be helpful. — previous leaders just want to be helpful, whether that is neil kinnock, _ helpful, whether that is neil kinnock, or gordon, and tony. i think— kinnock, or gordon, and tony. i think keir— kinnock, or gordon, and tony. i think keir starmer will be his own man: _ think keir starmer will be his own man. do— think keir starmer will be his own man. do his — think keir starmer will be his own man, do his own stuff, appoint his own team, — man, do his own stuff, appoint his own team, but he is clear about, he knows _ own team, but he is clear about, he

knows this— own team, but he is clear about, he knows this isn't a 1997 moment. he said to _ knows this isn't a 1997 moment. he said to me. — knows this isn't a 1997 moment. he said to me. if— knows this isn't a 1997 moment. he said to me, if we went around saying things— said to me, if we went around saying things are _ said to me, if we went around saying things are going to get better, the way the _ things are going to get better, the way the country feels, it would not work _ way the country feels, it would not work what — way the country feels, it would not work. what has worked is him setting out a _ work. what has worked is him setting out a plan _ work. what has worked is him setting out a plan for government showing he will be _ out a plan for government showing he will be serious, absolutely believing politics being about public — believing politics being about public service, but in the last years— public service, but in the last years behind us. —— put in the last years _ it is raining again in downing street. we can go live to laura kuenssberg. it is raining a little bit, not very heavily. this is what happened when rishi sunak came out to announce the election. it wasn't raining much and then there was a sudden deluge. they will be hoping this doesn't happen today. there is an official —looking gentleman standing with the union jack umbrella perhaps ready to stand in in case there is that a torrential downpour. it feels here

however that the tension is building. we are probablyjust a couple of minutes away. we expect to see rishi sunak�*s close team come out of the door of number 11 first. that is the normal procedure. they tend to all pile out and stand watching on. when borisjohnson left there was a whole horde of people who came out, one side of number 11, one side of number next —— number 10, including his wife and many of his stalwart mps who stood by him to the last as the vast majority of his colleagues deserted him over time. we do expect to see rishi sunak and probably his team will basically give us the three, two, one, because they will basically come out to watch it themselves. we have heard a bit more applause and a from inside the building in the past few minutes as rishi sunak, we presume, goes around and says his goodbyes. you mightjust be able to pick that up there. maybe they are cheering again because they can hear us talking on the tv. you never know, stranger

things have happened. clearly an emotional moment, notjust for the emotional moment, not just for the politicians, emotional moment, notjust for the politicians, but forall emotional moment, notjust for the politicians, but for all their staff, for those who have gone the extra mile. and theirfamily also leaving their home. in just a couple of minutes we think that rishi sunak will be here to declare notjust the end of his 20 months in office, but also the official end of the 14 years of conservative governments, david cameron, followed by theresa may, followed by borisjohnson, followed of course by liz truss, and then rishi sunak. he will be on his way out. there we can show you the scene. enormous numbers of journalists here from all over the world. they have come here to witness this moment and to broadcast these pictures to their audiences right around the world. so, a real moment here about to unfold as rishi sunak, who has led his party to the

worst defeat in a general election in modern times prepares to come out and give his official farewell to the nation before he goes off to buckingham palace, where he will tender that resignation to his majesty the king. let's bring in craig oliver while we are waiting. tell us what it is like, those last few minutes before they leave? t like, those last few minutes before they leave?— like, those last few minutes before the leave? :, , , ., they leave? i was interested hearing that ou they leave? i was interested hearing that you could _ they leave? i was interested hearing that you could hear— they leave? i was interested hearing that you could hear applause - they leave? i was interested hearing that you could hear applause behind | that you could hear applause behind the door. there are a series of emotional goodbyes going on at the moment. lots of people have built up relationships over the years. civil servants have worked closely with political figures. servants have worked closely with politicalfigures. i rememberwhen political figures. i remember when david politicalfigures. i rememberwhen david cameron left, when he walked out the door we watched him give his speech. as soon as he gave a speech we rushed through downing street, hogged a number of civil servants and pushed out the cabinet office door and saw the new team standing there waiting to walk immediately. the transition is incredibly quick. there are a lot of people with a lot

of emotion but they are being pushed out while they put the other morning. tt out while they put the other mornint. . out while they put the other morning-— out while they put the other mornint. , :, , morning. it is not 'ust the prime minister himselfi morning. it is notjust the prime minister himself leaving - morning. it is notjust the prime minister himself leaving with i morning. it is notjust the primej minister himself leaving with his family, it is all the people who worked with him, they are all gone in a flash? :.: , worked with him, they are all gone inaflash? , , worked with him, they are all gone in a flash? , , :, ,, worked with him, they are all gone inaflash? , , :, ~' , in a flash? exactly. they work very closely with _ in a flash? exactly. they work very closely with a _ in a flash? exactly. they work very closely with a number— in a flash? exactly. they work very closely with a number of _ in a flash? exactly. they work very closely with a number of people i in a flash? exactly. they work very i closely with a number of people over a number of years. the relationships are very strong. i know alistair explains that when gordon brown left as well? ,:, :, explains that when gordon brown left as well? :, :, , explains that when gordon brown left aswell? :, :, , explains that when gordon brown left aswell? :, :, as well? gordon actually was wearing m tie. he as well? gordon actually was wearing my tie- he stole _ as well? gordon actually was wearing my tie. he stole my _ as well? gordon actually was wearing my tie. he stole my tie _ as well? gordon actually was wearing my tie. he stole my tie and _ as well? gordon actually was wearing my tie. he stole my tie and i - as well? gordon actually was wearing my tie. he stole my tie and i never. my tie. he stole my tie and i never -ot my tie. he stole my tie and i never got it— my tie. he stole my tie and i never got it back! — my tie. he stole my tie and i never got it back! before he went out the door he _ got it back! before he went out the door he realised he was wearing a blue ties — door he realised he was wearing a blue ties he — door he realised he was wearing a blue tie. he said, i cannot wear blue _ blue tie. he said, i cannot wear blue tie — blue tie. he said, i cannot wear blue tie leaving downing street. i was the _ blue tie leaving downing street. i was the only person wearing a red tie. was the only person wearing a red ties he _ was the only person wearing a red ties he took— was the only person wearing a red tie. he took it and i have never seen _ tie. he took it and i have never seen it— tie. he took it and i have never seen it again. it is very emotional. when _ seen it again. it is very emotional. when we _ seen it again. it is very emotional. when we arrived in 1997! was introduced to my team, including my personal— introduced to my team, including my personal assistant who became very important _ personal assistant who became very important to me. when i first met her she _ important to me. when i first met her she was— important to me. when i first met her she was in tears. i said, what is wrong? — her she was in tears. i said, what is wrong? she said, i loved john major, _ is wrong? she said, i loved john major, i— is wrong? she said, i loved john major, i am _ is wrong? she said, i loved john major, i am so sad she is going. you have _ major, i am so sad she is going. you have people — major, i am so sad she is going. you have people who really formed

relationships. but you just have to -et relationships. but you just have to get out _ relationships. but you just have to get out. when gordon went, gordon went out, _ get out. when gordon went, gordon went out, he — get out. when gordon went, gordon went out, he spoke, he walked off with sarah— went out, he spoke, he walked off with sarah and the two boys, and we had to— with sarah and the two boys, and we had to find _ with sarah and the two boys, and we had to find another exit. | with sarah and the two boys, and we had to find another exit.— had to find another exit. i think one thint had to find another exit. i think one thing david _ had to find another exit. i think one thing david cameron i had to find another exit. i think one thing david cameron did i one thing david cameron did which was interesting when he came in he said to a number of the private secretaries and civil servants, i want you to stay on for a period, you have got knowledge and experience. i want your experience and your enthusiasm to work with me. other prime ministers have been quick to boot out civil servants, thinking they are too close to the other side. thinking they are too close to the otherside. my thinking they are too close to the other side. my advice to keir starmer would be, people want you to succeed, they want you to —— they want to work with you, give them an opportunity. want to work with you, give them an opportunity-— opportunity. one of the first things ton blair opportunity. one of the first things tony blair said _ opportunity. one of the first things tony blair said to _ opportunity. one of the first things tony blair said to be _ opportunity. one of the first things tony blair said to be in _ opportunity. one of the first things tony blair said to be in jonathan i tony blair said to be injonathan powell_ tony blair said to be injonathan powell on— tony blair said to be injonathan powell on day one was you have to make _ powell on day one was you have to make sure — powell on day one was you have to make sure we have good relations with the _ make sure we have good relations with the civil servants. we really work_ with the civil servants. we really work done — with the civil servants. we really work done that. that was one of the bil work done that. that was one of the big mistakes of liz truss, when he

made _ big mistakes of liz truss, when he made some — big mistakes of liz truss, when he made some sackings, you will get nothing _ made some sackings, you will get nothing done if you don't treat the civil servants properly. it nothing done if you don't treat the civil servants properly.— civil servants properly. it is all about trust — civil servants properly. it is all about trust and _ civil servants properly. it is all about trust and it _ civil servants properly. it is all about trust and it is _ civil servants properly. it is all about trust and it is a - civil servants properly. it is all about trust and it is a difficult | about trust and it is a difficult time for them on a human level. thea;r time for them on a human level. they have been op — time for them on a human level. they have been op all— time for them on a human level. they have been up all night, _ time for them on a human level. inez have been up all night, they have been following everything, they have been following everything, they have been reading through the manifestos, particularly the labour one. they will have to get used to new ministers, new processes. talking to somebody at the treasury the other day, who said, it's incredible, there is a bathroom that belongs to there is a bathroom that belongs to the chancellor, let's just say it is only useful for men. that has to be kitted out stop bear in mind for now as well, he has two teenage kids, having to leave their home, carry on at the same school. he having to leave their home, carry on at the same school.— having to leave their home, carry on at the same school. he has spoken a lot about that, _ at the same school. he has spoken a lot about that, he _ at the same school. he has spoken a lot about that, he has _ at the same school. he has spoken a lot about that, he has not _ at the same school. he has spoken a lot about that, he has not spoken . lot about that, he has not spoken about them at all, he mentions their children but he never mentions their name. he said all through the campaign that the one thing he really is worried about is his

children. it is a difficult age. it is. he is starting a newjob, one of the toughest in the world, they are moving house, uprooted from friends. they are getting a puppy, said sadiq khan. ., �* , they are getting a puppy, said sadiq khan. ., �*, they are getting a puppy, said sadiq khan. . �*, ,, . , they are getting a puppy, said sadiq khan. ., �*, ,, . , ., , khan. ok, that's good. security goes to a completely _ khan. ok, that's good. security goes to a completely different _ khan. ok, that's good. security goes to a completely different added - khan. ok, that's good. security goes to a completely different added to i to a completely different added to which he is now already come as soon as he gets through that door, there is an entry building —— bulging with presidents that want to speak to him, decisions that have to be made, policy decisions, visit decisions. the cabinet with two gaps he didn't expect. maybe thangam debbonaire he did. bud expect. maybe thangam debbonaire he did. ~ , ., ., ., , did. and before that we have this moment now. — did. and before that we have this moment now, which _ did. and before that we have this moment now, which we - did. and before that we have this moment now, which we are i did. and before that we have this l moment now, which we are waiting for, a few minutes to go, we understand, when rishi sunak will come out. what a moment for him. after the campaign he has led as well? i after the campaign he has led as well? , ., _, ., after the campaign he has led as well? , ., . ., ., . well? i bet down the corridor that leads to the _ well? i bet down the corridor that leads to the cabinet _ well? i bet down the corridor that leads to the cabinet office i well? i bet down the corridor that leads to the cabinet office it i well? i bet down the corridor that leads to the cabinet office it willl leads to the cabinet office it will be lined — leads to the cabinet office it will be lined with people, notjust civil servants _ be lined with people, notjust civil servants but staff, and they will be

emotional, — servants but staff, and they will be emotional, they will clap the prime minister— emotional, they will clap the prime minister out, he will say goodbye to them _ minister out, he will say goodbye to them then — minister out, he will say goodbye to them. then he has to walk outside and deliver— them. then he has to walk outside and deliver a speech, and he has to deliver— and deliver a speech, and he has to deliver a _ and deliver a speech, and he has to deliver a speech that will put an end to _ deliver a speech that will put an end to him being prime minister. setting _ end to him being prime minister. setting that tone is incredibly hard — setting that tone is incredibly hard so— setting that tone is incredibly hard. 50 would you like about rishi sunak. _ hard. 50 would you like about rishi sunak. and — hard. 50 would you like about rishi sunak. and i— hard. 50 would you like about rishi sunak, and i have disagreed with a lot of— sunak, and i have disagreed with a lot of the _ sunak, and i have disagreed with a lot of the ways in which he has handled — lot of the ways in which he has handled things, but in the last couple — handled things, but in the last couple of— handled things, but in the last couple of weeks of this campaign the pressure _ couple of weeks of this campaign the pressure on — couple of weeks of this campaign the pressure on him as a human being has been extraordinary. he has, ithink, reason _ been extraordinary. he has, ithink, reason to— been extraordinary. he has, ithink, reason to it — been extraordinary. he has, ithink, reason to it. knowing that he is going _ reason to it. knowing that he is going to — reason to it. knowing that he is going to lose and lose badly. apparently the notes are on the left turn. the text of his speech has been placed there. we are expecting rishi sunak to emerge in the next minute or so. what must it be thinking? he is only 44 years old. he has been chancellor through a pandemic. he has been prime minister. and now it is over. political careers go up like a rocket — political careers go up like a rocket and come down like a rocket. it is extraordinary how fast people come _ it is extraordinary how fast people come in _

it is extraordinary how fast people come in. they can rise through the cabinet _ come in. they can rise through the cabinet and — come in. they can rise through the cabinet and leave. within two or three _ cabinet and leave. within two or three terms. his rise was meteoric. he was— three terms. his rise was meteoric. he was spotted by the conservative party a _ he was spotted by the conservative party a summary with potential. william — party a summary with potential. william hague took under his wing. he went _ william hague took under his wing. he went to— william hague took under his wing. he went to richmond in yorkshire, massive _ he went to richmond in yorkshire, massive majority, made chancellor, actually— massive majority, made chancellor, actually buy a bit of a fluke because _ actually buy a bit of a fluke because sajid javid said, i can't serve — because sajid javid said, i can't serve the _ because sajid javid said, i can't serve. the pandemic happened. boris johnson, _ serve. the pandemic happened. boris johnson, everything happened with him. johnson, everything happened with him he _ johnson, everything happened with him. he became prime minister. i think— him. he became prime minister. i think part — him. he became prime minister. i think part what people will do when they look— think part what people will do when they look back is say when rishi sunak— they look back is say when rishi sunak came prime minister it was over before he got it. you cannot be a government that promises to cut migration, — a government that promises to cut migration, you can't be warned about your economic policies and deliver a mini budget and expect people to still listen. no mini budget and expect people to still listen. ., ., ., , still listen. no government has ever won five successive _ still listen. no government has ever won five successive times _ still listen. no government has ever won five successive times a - won five successive times a government either?- won five successive times a government either? won five successive times a covernment either? , . �* , government either? they haven't, but ve few government either? they haven't, but very few governments _ government either? they haven't, but very few governments go _ government either? they haven't, but very few governments go from - government either? they haven't, but very few governments go from having | very few governments go from having a majority— very few governments go from having a majority of 82 losing by hundred

and 70 _ a majority of 82 losing by hundred and 70 plus. you have to hand it to keir starmer~ — and 70 plus. you have to hand it to keir starmer. he has done an extraordinaryjob. i would keir starmer. he has done an extraordinaryjob. iwould be really worried _ extraordinaryjob. iwould be really worried about that 34% share of the vote _ worried about that 34% share of the vote this— worried about that 34% share of the vote. this win is a mile wide and an inch deep — vote. this win is a mile wide and an inch deep. once you get into the knock—about volatility of the next few years. — knock—about volatility of the next few years, who knows what will happen? — few years, who knows what will ha en? , ., , ., few years, who knows what will ha en? ., , ., 4' ., few years, who knows what will happen? john curtis, who i know you will have done _ happen? john curtis, who i know you will have done lots _ happen? john curtis, who i know you will have done lots during _ happen? john curtis, who i know you will have done lots during the - will have done lots during the night, i was at an event a few months ago, i was in that mode of saying, don't count your chickens, i don't believe it is over until it is over, and he made the point that the two major points where opinion has changed massively in recent years, one was partygate... l’m changed massively in recent years, one was partygate. . ._ one was partygate. .. i'm going to sto ou one was partygate. .. i'm going to stop you there- — stop you there. here comes rishi sunak. , here comes rishi sunak. good morning- _ here comes rishi sunak. good morning- i _ here comes rishi sunak. good morning. iwill— here comes rishi sunak. good morning. i will shortly - here comes rishi sunak. good morning. i will shortly be i here comes rishi sunak. (limp. morning. i will shortly be seeing his majesty the king to offer my resignation as prime minister. to the country i would like to say first and foremost, i am sorry. i

have given thisjob first and foremost, i am sorry. i have given this job my old. but you have given this job my old. but you have sent a clear signal that the government or of the united kingdom must change and yours is the only judgment that matters. i have heard your anger, your disappointment, and i take responsibility for this loss. to all the conservative candidates and campaigners who worked tirelessly but without success, i am sorry that we could not deliver what your efforts deserved. it pains me to think how many good colleagues have contributed so much to their committees and our country, will no longer sit in the house of commons. i thank them for their hard work and their service. following this result i will step down as party leader, not immediately, but once the formal arrangements for selecting my successor are in place. it is important that after iii years in

government, the conservative party rebuilds, but also that it takes up its crucial role in opposition professionally and effectively. when i stood here first as your prime minister i told you the most important task i had was to return stability to our economy. inflation is back to target, mortgage rates are falling, and growth has returned. we have enhanced our standing in the world, rebuilding relations with allies, leading global efforts to support ukraine, and becoming the home of a new generation of transformative technologies. and our united kingdom is stronger too, with the windsor framework, devolution restored in northern ireland, and our union strengthened. i am northern ireland, and our union strengthened. iam proud northern ireland, and our union strengthened. i am proud of those achievements. i believe this country is safer, stronger, and more secure thanit is safer, stronger, and more secure than it was 20 months ago. and it is more prosperous, fairer and resilient than it was in 2010. whilst he has been my political

opponent, sir keir starmer will shortly become our prime minister. in thisjob his shortly become our prime minister. in this job his successors will be all our successes, and i wish him and his family well. whatever our disagreements in this campaign, he is a decent, public spirited man who i respect. he and his family deserve the very best of our understanding as they make the huge transition to their new lives behind this door, and as he grapples with this most demanding ofjobs in an increasingly unstable world. i'd like to thank my colleagues, my cabinet, the civil service, especially here in downing street, the team at chequers, my staff, cc hq, street, the team at chequers, my staff, cc ho, but most of all, i would like to express my gratitude to my wife and our beautiful daughters. i can never thank them enough for the sacrifices they have made so that i might serve our country. one of the most remarkable

things about britain is just how unremarkable it is. that two generations after my grandparents came here with little, i could become prime minister, and i could watch my two young daughters light diwali candles on the steps in downing street. we must hold true to that idea of who we are. that vision of kindness, decency and tolerance that has always been the british way. this is a difficult day at the end of a number of difficult days. but i leave this job honoured to have been your prime minister. this is the best country in the world. and it is thanks entirely to you, the british people, the true source of all our achievements, our strengths, and our greatness. thank you.

joining his wife, rishi sunak leaving downing street as prime minister for leaving downing street as prime ministerfor the leaving downing street as prime minister for the final leaving downing street as prime ministerfor the final time leaving downing street as prime minister for the final time after 20 months in office. he began with a glint in his eye and an apology to the country and to his party, an apology to his colleagues who had lost their seats. but he went on to highlight some of the achievements he believe he has made, settling the economy, bringing back stability after the explosion of his predecessor liz truss. he said he would stay as tory leader until formal arrangement to make his successor are in place. those arrangements do not yet exist so it is not clear for how long he will remain conservative leader but he is not driving away today never to have any role at the top of his party again. he said once arrangements are

in place he will step down as conservative party leader. you can see him entering whitehall and probably here are some of the noise from protesters as the cars make their way to buckingham palace. he referenced the fact it had been unremarkable that he was the first british asian prime minister two generations of his family that he has ended up at number 10, i wonder when he was making a hint to the reform party who did well in this election having secured several mps. rishi sunak says we must hold true to the ideal that saw him being able to the ideal that saw him being able to come to downing street as a non—white, the first non—white prime minister without there being a huge fuss about that taking place. he left saying he leaves on a difficult day after many difficult days, honoured to have carried out the job

in behalf of the country. ending with some gracious words to sir keir starmer, we have heard that a couple of times in the last 2a hours, he said he was a decent public spirited man. essentially wishing him luck. a different tone to the campaign. completely different tone, it picked up completely different tone, it picked up on what we heard from when he conceded defeat at night saying he had already offered congratulations to sir keir starmer and conceding he had lost. what i was struck by was firstly we should remember there are human beings at the heart of these stories. ourviewers human beings at the heart of these stories. our viewers will have different views on whether they are glad or sad to see him departing. there spoke to a human being acknowledging failure. he listed some of the achievements of which he was proud in office, the windsor

framework, brexitarrangements, framework, brexit arrangements, northern framework, brexitarrangements, northern ireland, economic stability. but politically everything he tried in office as prime minister and within the campaign to do anything to revive the fortunes of his party simply did not work. as he makes his way to buckingham palace to see the king, rishi sunak said the public had sent a clear signal the government must change. he had heard the anger and disappointment, making that apology to the country and his party. jane hill is at buckingham palace. thank you. big crowds here outside buckingham palace. the outgoing prime minister rishi sunak should appear soon, prime minister rishi sunak should appearsoon, it prime minister rishi sunak should appear soon, it is a short drive from number 10 to the palace. this is where the constitutional element

of the day begins, all the formalities, the formal handover of power. rishi sunak himself has referred to it as an orderly transition, using that phrase early this morning speaking at his constituency in richmond, saying there will be an orderly transition. that is what the next couple of hours at buckingham palace is about. big crowds because 11 o'clock is a changing of the guard, a big tourist attraction at the palace. that we can assume is what most people are here for now the rain has stopped. but today we are talking about a political changing of the guard. rishi sunak, the cortege coming down, we can hear the outriders behind us. he will be here

momentarily to formally offer his resignation to the king. watching the events alongside me is our senior royal correspondent. this is an important moment, explain why. significant because it is an important moment constitutionally, symbolically, personally, on a number of levels. we can see the vehicles and police outriders going in through the central gates of buckingham palace. the king himself only arrived back at the palace from windsor within the past few minutes. the outgoing prime minister going through the central gates where he will meet the king. we can see his vehicle coming into the main quadrangle of buckingham palace. we will be able to see the point where

he meets some of the royal house staff before going to the private audience room at the palace where he will meet the king. he will offer his resignation. he will then leave privately. that is the contrast, arriving through the main gates, but departing buckingham palace from a different exit privately no longer as prime minister. it is worth reiterating the point, as he gets out with his wife, this is a private meeting between the monarch and the outgoing prime minister. he is with his wife. there is a convention the spouse of the prime minister of the day is invited in towards the end of the meeting but the bulk of the meeting will be that, the last time we will see rishi sunak entering buckingham palace as prime minister. then that private conversation, once the resignation has been made, we do not

know, nobody knows expects —— except those two men. designed to be private. met by the two most important people in the household, the gatekeeper for the king, and the equerry. two important figures taking the prime minister and his wife up to the private audience room for that very private meeting. in terms of the relationship between the king and prime minister, it struck me it has been a short run for rishi sunak in the early stages of this new monarch but an important relationship. rishi sunak has been prime minister in the months after the king was mourning the death of his mother, the coronation, during the cancer diagnosis, there have been personal

moments. i was going to say how much do we know, given the unusual nature you describe, about that relationship between the two. historically this is what is so fascinating. the monarch is politically neutral, always has been. what we know about how any monarch gets on with his or her prime minister, that information comes from the politician or people around the politician. we do not know what goes on, what is said, that has been the case for generations. in that private audience room in the king's private quarters, it is designed to be private. there is no one else in the room, a chance for the king to ask the questions he wants. a very important relationship, always conducted in

private for those weekly audiences. plenty more to come from buckingham palace, that meeting we assume just getting under we assume. once this element of the formality is over, then we wait to see the new prime minister sir keir starmer. more from buckingham palace shortly. thank you. here in westminster in our studio outside parliament, still with us is alistair campbell, tony blair's director of communications in 1997, and craig oliver who did the samejob with in 1997, and craig oliver who did the same job with david cameron. in 1997, and craig oliver who did the samejob with david cameron. you said rishi sunak would want to leave well, what did you think of his word in downing street? there was a lot of grace and dignitv _ there was a lot of grace and dignity. when he came at and repeated _ dignity. when he came at and repeated i am sorry several times, that is— repeated i am sorry several times, that is a _ repeated i am sorry several times, that is a big —

repeated i am sorry several times, that is a big moment for a prime minister— that is a big moment for a prime minister to— that is a big moment for a prime minister to say that. he moved on to saving _ minister to say that. he moved on to saving keir— minister to say that. he moved on to saying keir starmer is a good man, wishing _ saying keir starmer is a good man, wishing him — saying keir starmer is a good man, wishing him well. when you see how emotional— wishing him well. when you see how emotional it is, seeing them at their— emotional it is, seeing them at their lowest moment, standing in front— their lowest moment, standing in front of— their lowest moment, standing in front of everybody. a powerful moment _ front of everybody. a powerful moment. the sheer act of holding yourself— moment. the sheer act of holding yourself together in that moment is really— yourself together in that moment is really hard. that is what his wife would _ really hard. that is what his wife would have found, looking at her husband. — would have found, looking at her husband, thinking it ended in ashes. he had _ husband, thinking it ended in ashes. he had this — husband, thinking it ended in ashes. he had this incredibly —— incredible career— he had this incredibly —— incredible career and — he had this incredibly —— incredible careerand it— he had this incredibly —— incredible careerand it is he had this incredibly —— incredible career and it is over. it -- _ career and it is over. it -- he— career and it is over. it —— he said he was sorry repeatedly but not standing down immediately. he said he would try to steady the ship but it will be incredibly difficult. a real element of duty. you have been _ a real element of duty. you have been humiliated in an election. and

yet been humiliated in an election. and vet vou _ been humiliated in an election. and yet you still— been humiliated in an election. and yet you still need to stay on. there will be _ yet you still need to stay on. there will be prime minister's questions. the house — will be prime minister's questions. the house of commons will not be able to— the house of commons will not be able to accommodate all labour mp5 on one _ able to accommodate all labour mp5 on one side, they will have to come around _ on one side, they will have to come around to— on one side, they will have to come around to the opposition benches. you are _ around to the opposition benches. you are standing with 120 behind you talking _ you are standing with 120 behind you talking about losing a historic election— talking about losing a historic election but holding the government to account, — election but holding the government to account, an extraordinary ask. but he _ to account, an extraordinary ask. but he wants to protect the conservative party and make sure they don't— conservative party and make sure they don't make a historic mistake now _ now. he is still mp now. — he is still mp for north now. he is still mp for north yorkshire and he said last night at the count that he intended to go back home as he called it to north yorkshire, and be with his family there for a while. david cameron said he wanted to stay on as— david cameron said he wanted to stay on as an _ david cameron said he wanted to stay on as an mp_ david cameron said he wanted to stay on as an mp but discovered very quickly— on as an mp but discovered very quickly when wandering around westminster how difficult it was as

a former— westminster how difficult it was as a former prime minister. when you are used _ a former prime minister. when you are used to — a former prime minister. when you are used to people hanging on to your every— are used to people hanging on to your every word, you become a lonely figure _ your every word, you become a lonely figure. easiest when you are still leader— figure. easiest when you are still leader of— figure. easiest when you are still leader of the opposition but when that goes— leader of the opposition but when that goes it is difficult. gordon— that goes it is difficult. gordon brown left it to harriet harman, he could not face it. the conservative party, i know they won't listen to me, i think they should take a break, get out of the public�*s face. that requires him to stay on for a bit. if they rush into a leadership election that is mad. i thought he spoke well at the count and he spoke well there. interesting in our system where you go from knocking lumps out of each other, everything he has been saying about sir keir starmer in the campaign. then he is able to say one of the great things about our democracy compared to america, you can have this seamless and peaceful

transition, where he leaves, sees the king. sir keir starmer sees the king, goes to downing street and is a prime minister. he called the stomach need decent and well—meaning man. ultimately politics is very tough, people do attack each other a lot. i really hope one of the things keir starmer does is this thing about politics as public service. you wouldn't be human if you did not understand for rishi sunak this is devastating. craig talks about power draining away. he will feel that as he leaves the palace. keir starmer will go in, have this conversation. looking at these scenes, a very still shot— looking at these scenes, a very still shot of buckingham palace and we can't _ still shot of buckingham palace and we can't see what is going on. at

number— we can't see what is going on. at number 10 — we can't see what is going on. at number 10 it will be frenetic. you are routing — number 10 it will be frenetic. you are routing at one team who had been pushed _ are routing at one team who had been pushed out _ are routing at one team who had been pushed out of the cabinet door office — pushed out of the cabinet door office around the corner. the other teams _ office around the corner. the other teams are — office around the corner. the other teams are going in. they will be waiting — teams are going in. they will be waiting to — teams are going in. they will be waiting to greet keir starmer who will want — waiting to greet keir starmer who will want to hit the ground running. it will— will want to hit the ground running. it will be _ will want to hit the ground running. it will be very quick. the pace will be extraordinary. this is a sedate scene _ be extraordinary. this is a sedate scene but — be extraordinary. this is a sedate scene but behind the scenes it is frenetic — frenetic. you went to the palace frenetic. — you went to the palace with tony blair. i don't know what goes on, tony blair barely ever talked about his discussions with the cream. on the day we went, jonathan powell, in a couple of cars behind the police, tony blair get taken off, everyone gets put into another room. we were watching the bbc. i remember my kids were on the

the street was packed with labour supporters. very quiet and calm in there. they have a very private conversation. i suspect when rishi sunak talking to the king now, keir starmer when he talks to him, i suspect apart from their wives, they probably won't ever talk to anybody about what was said, a very important part of our constitution. intrigued by the fact you say tony blair barely ever mentioned what the queen— blair barely ever mentioned what the queen had _ blair barely ever mentioned what the queen had said to him. when did he tell you _ queen had said to him. when did he tell you what had been said? he told me once he — tell you what had been said? he told me once he said _ tell you what had been said? he told me once he said he _ tell you what had been said? he told me once he said he thought - tell you what had been said? he told me once he said he thought he i tell you what had been said? he told me once he said he thought he had l me once he said he thought he had said something terrible because the queen told him she was going to scotland, a cup final or something, celtic — rangers element, she happened to be wearing a green dress, when he was talking to her, and he said, i hope you are not going to wear that dress. celtic — rangers, green — blue, ithink going to wear that dress. celtic — rangers, green — blue, i think he thought she thought he was insulting her dress. . , ., ., .

thought she thought he was insulting her dress-_ very. - her dress. fashion advice. very, very rarely _ her dress. fashion advice. very, very rarely talked _ her dress. fashion advice. very, very rarely talked about - her dress. fashion advice. very, very rarely talked about her. i her dress. fashion advice. very, | very rarely talked about her. you talked about _ very rarely talked about her. you talked about downing street in 1997, going to be different today? not the same sense of euphoria sweeping into power that you had when tony blair won? ., ~' power that you had when tony blair won? ., ~ ., , won? no, i think that is right, the weather, beautiful— won? no, i think that is right, the weather, beautiful day. _ won? no, i think that is right, the weather, beautiful day. not- won? no, i think that is right, the weather, beautiful day. notjust. weather, beautiful day. not 'ust that, it was fl weather, beautiful day. not 'ust that, it was packed. it i weather, beautiful day. not 'ust that, it was packed. it was i weather, beautiful day. notjust. that, it was packed. it was packed because we _ that, it was packed. it was packed because we packed _ that, it was packed. it was packed because we packed it. _ that, it was packed. it was packed because we packed it. will - that, it was packed. it was packed because we packed it. will they i that, it was packed. it was packed| because we packed it. will they do that a . ain because we packed it. will they do that again today? _ because we packed it. will they do that again today? i _ because we packed it. will they do that again today? i don't _ because we packed it. will they do that again today? i don't know. i l that again today? i don't know. i thou~ht that again today? i don't know. i thought the _ that again today? i don't know. i thought the mood _ that again today? i don't know. i thought the mood at _ that again today? i don't know. i thought the mood at the - that again today? i don't know. i thought the mood at the party . that again today? i don't know. i i thought the mood at the party they had at tate modern seemed pretty subdued. i think he literally will be saying to the country, thank you, you put your faith and trust in me, now i have to get on and do this stuff. i suspect it will be more subdued. we will see. i think the other thing craig will know, when the prime minister changes, it is amazing how quickly that becomes the norm for everyone around them. all of the civil servants, as soon as keir starmer walks through the door, they will call him prime minister.

the king will call him prime minister. , , , ., ., minister. interesting because a lot of --eole minister. interesting because a lot of people who _ minister. interesting because a lot of people who are _ minister. interesting because a lot of people who are very _ minister. interesting because a lot of people who are very powerful i minister. interesting because a lot of people who are very powerful in minister. interesting because a lot i of people who are very powerful in a position— of people who are very powerful in a position suddenly don't have the aura, _ position suddenly don't have the aura, you — position suddenly don't have the aura, you have several thousand civil servants looking to the head of government and behind them and these _ of government and behind them and these figures are often quite peripheral, you had a role, director of communications, bigjob, but peripheral, you had a role, director of communications, big job, but the people _ of communications, big job, but the people float away. you of communications, big 'ob, but the people float away.i of communications, big 'ob, but the people float away. you were watching bbc news, people float away. you were watching bbc news. as — people float away. you were watching bbc news. as we _ people float away. you were watching bbc news, as we have _ people float away. you were watching bbc news, as we have all _ people float away. you were watching bbc news, as we have all our - people float away. you were watching bbc news, as we have all our eyes i people float away. you were watching j bbc news, as we have all our eyes on buckingham palace. rishi sunak will be handing in his resignation to the king and in a few minutes' time, after he has left, we will see sir keir starmer accept the invitation to form a new government and then he will head to downing street where we expect he will speak to the nation. craig, interesting watching this, wondering what private conversations must be happening between the prime minister and he is still prime minister and he is still prime minister at the moment, rishi sunak and the king. i wonder if rishi sunak will be reflecting on the

timing of the election he called. decision to go injuly when many people thought he would have been better off waiting until the autumn. it was very, very quickly obvious it was not _ it was very, very quickly obvious it was not a — it was very, very quickly obvious it was not a good idea to have gone early— was not a good idea to have gone early false — was not a good idea to have gone early false lots of reasons. i can see why — early false lots of reasons. i can see why they did it and why he gambled _ see why they did it and why he gambled. —— for lots of reasons. i think— gambled. —— for lots of reasons. i think he _ gambled. —— for lots of reasons. i think he thought he could wake up the electorate and force them to have _ the electorate and force them to have a _ the electorate and force them to have a conversation and listen. in reality. _ have a conversation and listen. in reality. that — have a conversation and listen. in reality, that was not the case. a lot of— reality, that was not the case. a lot of things that could have ipads and like _ lot of things that could have ipads and like a — lot of things that could have ipads and like a cut in interest rates, showing — and like a cut in interest rates, showing people the economy is better, — showing people the economy is better, thatjust didn't happen. and actually. _ better, thatjust didn't happen. and actually, they surprised labour a little _ actually, they surprised labour a little bit. — actually, they surprised labour a little bit, but it appeared they surprise — little bit, but it appeared they surprise their own machine more because — surprise their own machine more because there were a number of unforced — because there were a number of unforced errors that happen throughout the campaign. 30 unforced errors that happen throughout the campaign. so macro street when — throughout the campaign. so macro street when he _ throughout the campaign. so macro street when he leaves _ throughout the campaign. so macro street when he leaves the - throughout the campaign. so macro street when he leaves the palace i throughout the campaign. so macro i street when he leaves the palace and they normally stay 20 minutes or so, he will leave through the garden exit —— rishi sunak when he leaves the palace. that is brutal, but we

will see him leave. he will then presumably go, this is early and this is not him leaving, the this is him arriving. this was about ten minutes ago. but we assume he will go back to his constituency, that is what we think he will do. there is a gap in time. it is extraordinary. sometimes, it is only a few minutes, but we have no prime minister until keir starmer arrives at the palace. absolutely, that is the way it works. the way it works. we expect to see sir keir starmer sweep into the palace shortly after. tell me about what it was like in downing street, we have images of that day. for people who cannot remember, 1987 when tony blair swept into power. you say you packed downing street and it was with lots and lots of labour supporters and it was a festival, carnival party atmosphere, wasn't it? hate festival, carnival party atmosphere, wasn't it? ~ . ~ festival, carnival party atmosphere, wasn't it? ~ ., wasn't it? we came back from the palace. wasn't it? we came back from the palace- tony _ wasn't it? we came back from the palace. tony stopped _ wasn't it? we came back from the palace. tony stopped at _ wasn't it? we came back from the

palace. tony stopped at the i wasn't it? we came back from the i palace. tony stopped at the bottom, got out and walked into downing street. yes, there were people very happy to see him. i think it was the late undelivered margaret madonna that organise the flags and the other stuff that was there. —— margaret mcdonagh. it was an amazing feeling because you are at the end of an utterly exhausting campaign. but that mood and that vibe gives you the energy you need to keep going on. we had been in sedgefield the night before. tony probably had about 90 minutes sleep. and you are in and you are through the door and being basically signing letters about nuclear weapons. that is intense, isn't _ about nuclear weapons. that is intense, isn't it? _ about nuclear weapons. that is intense, isn't it? you _ about nuclear weapons. that is intense, isn't it? you see i about nuclear weapons. that is intense, isn't it? you see the l intense, isn't it? you see the celebratory scenes and now the mood 'ust celebratory scenes and now the mood just feels— celebratory scenes and now the mood just feels a _ celebratory scenes and now the mood just feels a bit quieter. it celebratory scenes and now the mood just feels a bit quieter.— just feels a bit quieter. it will be interesting _ just feels a bit quieter. it will be interesting to _ just feels a bit quieter. it will be interesting to see _ just feels a bit quieter. it will be interesting to see what - just feels a bit quieter. it will be interesting to see what it i just feels a bit quieter. it will be interesting to see what it is i just feels a bit quieter. it will be interesting to see what it is like | interesting to see what it is like when keir starmer goes on. if interesting to see what it is like when keir starmer goes on. if they t and when keir starmer goes on. if they try and repeat _ when keir starmer goes on. if they try and repeat that, _ when keir starmer goes on. if they try and repeat that, that _ when keir starmer goes on. if they try and repeat that, that is - when keir starmer goes on. if they try and repeat that, that is crazy i try and repeat that, that is crazy and if— try and repeat that, that is crazy and if they— try and repeat that, that is crazy and if they do that, that will be a massive — and if they do that, that will be a massive misstep given the mood of the country. they should not do that

and if _ the country. they should not do that and if they— the country. they should not do that and if they do that, i think that would — and if they do that, i think that would be — and if they do that, i think that would be seen as a mistake. i had a conversation _ would be seen as a mistake. i had a conversation with _ would be seen as a mistake. i had a conversation with keir— would be seen as a mistake. i had a conversation with keir starmer i would be seen as a mistake. i had a conversation with keir starmer a i conversation with keir starmer a while back and he said that one of the problems we face both in the campaign, because i was say more positivity and more this and miss —— all that. he said that the mood of the country is not where it was. he had this argument one of the worst things the tory have done —— tories have done in less iii years is drive out people's hope and his job have done in less iii years is drive out people's hope and hisjob is have done in less iii years is drive out people's hope and his job is to resurrect that hope. and the way you do that is not having people waving flags as you walk into downing street. expectation management. b, street. expectation management. a little bit. iagree street. expectation management. a little bit. i agree about waving flags, — little bit. i agree about waving flags, but it is so interesting the campaign — flags, but it is so interesting the campaign didn't have much energy and inspiration _ campaign didn't have much energy and inspiration i_ campaign didn't have much energy and inspiration. i wonder if they will look— inspiration. i wonder if they will look back— inspiration. i wonder if they will look back and slightly regret that. this does— look back and slightly regret that. this does feel like a massive tory loss~ _ this does feel like a massive tory loss it _ this does feel like a massive tory loss. it feels like an anti—tory vote, — loss. it feels like an anti—tory vote, it — loss. it feels like an anti—tory vote, it feels like a referendum on the conservative party. ijust feel looking _ the conservative party. ijust feel looking at— the conservative party. ijust feel looking at the labour party, did you do enough — looking at the labour party, did you do enough to say that this is who we

are and _ do enough to say that this is who we are and this — do enough to say that this is who we are and this is what we are going to do and _ are and this is what we are going to do and this— are and this is what we are going to do and this is what we care about? in debates. — do and this is what we care about? in debates, why was he not energised and punching back and showing that? it and punching back and showing that? ltiust_ and punching back and showing that? it just feels _ and punching back and showing that? itjust feels a and punching back and showing that? it just feels a bit lacking in energy _ itjust feels a bit lacking in ener: . ' ., , itjust feels a bit lacking in ener: .' ., , ., ., energy. 9.5 million people voted for labour last night, _ energy. 9.5 million people voted for labour last night, 13.5 _ energy. 9.5 million people voted for labour last night, 13.5 million i labour last night, 13.5 million people voted for new labour in 1997, thatis people voted for new labour in 1997, that is quite a figure. it people voted for new labour in 1997, that is quite a figure.— that is quite a figure. it is. i have been _ that is quite a figure. it is. i have been at _ that is quite a figure. it is. i have been at channel- that is quite a figure. it is. i have been at channel 4 - that is quite a figure. it is. i have been at channel 4 all. that is quite a figure. it is. i - have been at channel 4 all night and have been at channel [i all night and there was a small studio audience. it was very interesting when keir did the speech both at the count and at tate modern, it was really interesting watching the people in the audience. they were looking at him in a different way to how most of them i think would have looked at him during the campaign. it is amazing what the office will give him. provided he does thejob amazing what the office will give him. provided he does the job well, i have no doubt at all he will be i think a better prime minister than people have viewed him as leader of the opposition. ijust don't think he enjoys opposition. i the opposition. ijust don't think he enjoys opposition.— the opposition. ijust don't think he enjoys opposition. he en'oys opposition. i think he is a he enjoys opposition. i think he is a creature — he enjoys opposition. i think he is a creature of— he enjoys opposition. i think he is a creature of government. - he enjoys opposition. i think he is a creature of government. it - he enjoys opposition. i think he is a creature of government. it is i a creature of government. it is definitely— a creature of government. it is definitely true prime ministers take on the _

definitely true prime ministers take on the mantle of office. tony blair in on the mantle of office. tony blair “11995— on the mantle of office. tony blair in1995to— on the mantle of office. tony blair in 1995 to 1987 looked very young. when _ in 1995 to 1987 looked very young. when he _ in 1995 to 1987 looked very young. when he became prime minister, he looks_ when he became prime minister, he looks the _ when he became prime minister, he looks the part and that takes on. my concern _ looks the part and that takes on. my concern about keir starmer is, have you just _ concern about keir starmer is, have you just done enough and told people enough _ you just done enough and told people enough what you are going to do? have _ enough what you are going to do? have you — enough what you are going to do? have you given them enough clarity about _ have you given them enough clarity about the _ have you given them enough clarity about the direction this is going? i think— about the direction this is going? i think you — about the direction this is going? i think you saw during the campaign a man who _ think you saw during the campaign a man who wants to think about things quite a _ man who wants to think about things quite a lot _ man who wants to think about things quite a lot. when you are in number 10, you— quite a lot. when you are in number 10, you have — quite a lot. when you are in number 10, you have very little time to think— 10, you have very little time to think about anything. you have to rip the _ think about anything. you have to rip the plaster off very quickly. his political capital is never higher— his political capital is never higher than— his political capital is never higher than that _ his political capital is never higher than that moment? i his political capital is never. higher than that moment? he his political capital is never higher than that moment? he has won an extraordinary _ higher than that moment? he has won an extraordinary victory, _ higher than that moment? he has won an extraordinary victory, he _ higher than that moment? he has won an extraordinary victory, he has - higher than that moment? he has won an extraordinary victory, he has a - an extraordinary victory, he has a big majority. people are talking about turnout and independents beating labour over gaza, but the big picture story is he is never going to have as much immediate power as he has got today. and he's going to go in there today and find there are dozens of decisions waiting, small and large that he is going to have to make today, and he will have the family thing to deal

with as well. i think he understands this. and don't forget that we interviewed gus o'donnell on the podcast he was the cabinet secretary when david cameron took over and he was making the point that keir starmer used to attend gus o'donnell�*s permanent secretaries meetings because he was director of public prosecutions, head of the crown prosecution service. so he knows how that side of it works. but he will also have to deal with relatives who want to be there and friends who want to be there, all thatis friends who want to be there, all that is going on. but today is a massively important day. the cliche hit the ground running, but it is more you start by showing how you mean to carry on.— more you start by showing how you mean to carry on. compared to 1997, tony blair's _ mean to carry on. compared to 1997, tony blair's team — mean to carry on. compared to 1997, tony blair's team were _ mean to carry on. compared to 1997, tony blair's team were very, - mean to carry on. compared to 1997, tony blair's team were very, very - tony blair's team were very, very inexperienced having been in the wilderness for almost 20 years. keir starmer's team, about 17 have government experience already. yvette cooper. yvette cooper, pat mcfadden, david lammy, ed miliband, that's quite a solid group. but back to the point i made earlier about

how normal and quick it becomes that these people are the cabinet and ministers and that will happen to all of them. then some maybe won't last very long. others will really shine. and one other thing i really hope for keir is to end this quick change around. i hope he basically appoints the cabinet and says that barring scandal and unexpected disasters, this is my team that will stay that way for a while, which is exactly what david cameron did and is one of the best things he did. before sir keir starmer can roll up his sleeves— before sir keir starmer can roll up his sleeves and _ before sir keir starmer can roll up his sleeves and head _ before sir keir starmer can roll up his sleeves and head to _ before sir keir starmer can roll up his sleeves and head to downing i his sleeves and head to downing street, _ his sleeves and head to downing street, he — his sleeves and head to downing street, he has— his sleeves and head to downing street, he has to _ his sleeves and head to downing street, he has to go _ his sleeves and head to downing street, he has to go and - his sleeves and head to downing street, he has to go and see - his sleeves and head to downing street, he has to go and see thej street, he has to go and see the king _ street, he has to go and see the king and — street, he has to go and see the king and at— street, he has to go and see the king and at the _ street, he has to go and see the king. and at the moment, - street, he has to go and see the king. and at the moment, the l street, he has to go and see the i king. and at the moment, the king street, he has to go and see the - king. and at the moment, the king is speaking _ king. and at the moment, the king is speaking with — king. and at the moment, the king is speaking with rishi _ king. and at the moment, the king is speaking with rishi sunak, _ king. and at the moment, the king is speaking with rishi sunak, who - king. and at the moment, the king is speaking with rishi sunak, who has l speaking with rishi sunak, who has been _ speaking with rishi sunak, who has been in _ speaking with rishi sunak, who has been in there — speaking with rishi sunak, who has been in there for— speaking with rishi sunak, who has been in there for about _ speaking with rishi sunak, who has been in there for about 20 - speaking with rishi sunak, who has been in there for about 20 minutes| been in there for about 20 minutes now~ _ been in there for about 20 minutes now~ handing — been in there for about 20 minutes now~ handing in— been in there for about 20 minutes now. handing in his— been in there for about 20 minutes now. handing in his resignation. i been in there for about 20 minutes now. handing in his resignation. al now. handing in his resignation. a private _ now. handing in his resignation. a private chat~ — now. handing in his resignation. a private that we _ now. handing in his resignation. a private chat. we are _ now. handing in his resignation. a private chat. we are looking - now. handing in his resignation. a . private chat. we are looking through the front _ private chat. we are looking through the front gates — private chat. we are looking through the front gates of _ private chat. we are looking through the front gates of buckingham - the front gates of buckingham palace, — the front gates of buckingham palace, where _ the front gates of buckingham palace, where we _ the front gates of buckingham palace, where we expect - the front gates of buckingham palace, where we expect to i the front gates of buckingham i palace, where we expect to see the front gates of buckingham - palace, where we expect to see rishi sunak— palace, where we expect to see rishi sunak no— palace, where we expect to see rishi sunak no longer— palace, where we expect to see rishi sunak no longer prime _ palace, where we expect to see rishi sunak no longer prime minister- sunak no longer prime minister leaving — sunak no longer prime minister leaving with _ sunak no longer prime minister leaving with his _ sunak no longer prime minister leaving with his wife _ sunak no longer prime minister leaving with his wife in - sunak no longer prime minister leaving with his wife in the - sunak no longer prime ministerj leaving with his wife in the next few seconds _ leaving with his wife in the next few seconds.— leaving with his wife in the next

few seconds. ~ , , ., , few seconds. absolutely. that is the . ates, few seconds. absolutely. that is the ates, the few seconds. absolutely. that is the gates. the shot _ few seconds. absolutely. that is the gates, the shot through _ few seconds. absolutely. that is the gates, the shot through the - few seconds. absolutely. that is the gates, the shot through the front. gates, the shot through the front gates. we are expecting him to leave very shortly. and after that, it probably will be just a few minutes of very short transition, but we should see sir keir starmer's car sweep in from we don't know where, he has not been at home. the gates opening now so they are really getting ready, preparations are in place for him to leave. do we know where sir keir starmer is coming from and where he has been this morning? from and where he has been this mornin: ? �* , ., , ., , morning? i'm sure he does and his security team- _ morning? i'm sure he does and his security team. does _ morning? i'm sure he does and his security team. does he _ morning? i'm sure he does and his security team. does he know - morning? i'm sure he does and his| security team. does he know where he's auoin security team. does he know where he's going to? _ security team. does he know where he's going to? he — security team. does he know where he's going to? he knows _ security team. does he know where he's going to? he knows where - security team. does he know where | he's going to? he knows where he's rroin , he's going to? he knows where he's going. yes- — he's going to? he knows where he's going. yes- the _ he's going to? he knows where he's going. yes- the car— he's going to? he knows where he's going, yes. the car is _ he's going to? he knows where he's going, yes. the car is getting - going, yes. the car is getting read . going, yes. the car is getting ready. talking _ going, yes. the car is getting ready. talking of _ going, yes. the car is getting ready. talking of cars. - going, yes. the car is getting ready. talking of cars. all - going, yes. the car is getting | ready. talking of cars. all the security personnel _ ready. talking of cars. all the security personnel that - ready. talking of cars. all the security personnel that come | ready. talking of cars. all the - security personnel that come with the role _ security personnel that come with the role of — security personnel that come with the role of prime _ security personnel that come with the role of prime minister, - security personnel that come with the role of prime minister, that. the role of prime minister, that continues— the role of prime minister, that continues after— the role of prime minister, that continues after the _ the role of prime minister, that continues after the prime - the role of prime minister, that. continues after the prime minister is no _ continues after the prime minister is no longer— continues after the prime minister is no longer prime _ continues after the prime minister is no longer prime minister? - continues after the prime minister is no longer prime minister? ye5,| is no longer prime minister? yes, they don't — is no longer prime minister? yes, they don't all— is no longer prime minister? yes, they don't all have _ is no longer prime minister? yes, they don't all have it _ is no longer prime minister? yes, they don't all have it at _ is no longer prime minister? yes, they don't all have it at the - is no longer prime minister?“ they don't all have it at the same level. but, yes, they will have security. some prime ministers didn't enjoy it and gave it up. jim

callaghan gave it up and didn't enjoy it. these days, the police probably wouldn't let a prime minister go without it. protection officers still _ minister go without it. protection officers still remain. _ minister go without it. protection officers still remain. you - minister go without it. protection i officers still remain. you mentioned the cars _ officers still remain. you mentioned the cars. what is really weird about them _ the cars. what is really weird about them is _ the cars. what is really weird about them is they are so armour plated and very— them is they are so armour plated and very thick doors that they look like they— and very thick doors that they look like they are an incredibly spacious jaguar— like they are an incredibly spacious jaguar or— like they are an incredibly spacious jaguar or whatever. like they are an incredibly spacious jaguar orwhatever. in like they are an incredibly spacious jaguar or whatever. in reality, you are cramped in the back and i often remember— are cramped in the back and i often remember the prime minister getting in on a _ remember the prime minister getting in on a red _ remember the prime minister getting in on a red box sitting in a seat next _ in on a red box sitting in a seat next to— in on a red box sitting in a seat next to you _ in on a red box sitting in a seat next to you and you are really pushed — next to you and you are really pushed into the corner. that is the security— pushed into the corner. that is the security side, bullet—proof glass and very— security side, bullet—proof glass and very thick doors. that kind of thing _ and very thick doors. that kind of thing. getting used to that is interesting as well.— thing. getting used to that is interesting as well. let's go to jane hill. _ interesting as well. let's go to jane hill, who _ interesting as well. let's go to jane hill, who is _ interesting as well. let's go to jane hill, who is outside - interesting as well. let's go to - jane hill, who is outside buckingham palace. we are getting ready now for rishi sunak to leave the palace. what more can you tell us? yes. not something we always see necessarily. yes, the camera is very much trained as you have been reflecting. again, as you have been reflecting. again, as we are going to see several times

here this morning at the palace, this is a moment when he leaves, he will leave as an mp, but no longer prime minister. and that will then lead to the ultimate transition of power to sir keir starmer as a country's new prime minister. as you have been reflecting, it is that constitutional quirk that does leave the country in fact without a prime minister for a the country in fact without a prime ministerfor a matter of the country in fact without a prime minister for a matter of minutes and perhaps slightly longer. but officially, that is the situation. i was senior royal correspondent daniela relph is alongside me. we are watching events like this —— our senior. remind us, constitutionally, what we are watching here is important. the king does play a role today, the monarch plays a role in this handover of power.— this handover of power. that's ri r ht, this handover of power. that's right. the _ this handover of power. that's right. the king _ this handover of power. that's right, the king as _ this handover of power. that's right, the king as head - this handover of power. that's right, the king as head of- this handover of power. that's i right, the king as head of state, this handover of power. that's - right, the king as head of state, it is his— right, the king as head of state, it is hisiob _ right, the king as head of state, it is hisiob to— right, the king as head of state, it is his job to appoint a prime minister— is his job to appoint a prime minister and is his job to appoint a prime ministerand to make is his job to appoint a prime minister and to make sure that new prime _

minister and to make sure that new prime minister in this case can command _ prime minister in this case can command the confidence of the house of commons. that is the king's constitutional duty and that is what is happening here today. looking at one of— is happening here today. looking at one of the _ is happening here today. looking at one of the site gates here are buckingham palace, the departure of the outgoing prime minister today is not designed as a public moment. that is— not designed as a public moment. that is one — not designed as a public moment. that is one of the bits of choreography of today that rishi sunak— choreography of today that rishi sunak arrived here as prime minister through— sunak arrived here as prime minister through those central gates of buckingham palace into see the king, but he _ buckingham palace into see the king, but he leaves here not publicly and not through the main gates, but through— not through the main gates, but through a — not through the main gates, but through a side gate and he goes away privately— through a side gate and he goes away privately in _ through a side gate and he goes away privately in that moment, no longer is prime _ privately in that moment, no longer is prime minister. but an important duty that _ is prime minister. but an important duty that the king has today to appoint— duty that the king has today to appoint a new prime minister, to ensure _ appoint a new prime minister, to ensure that prime minister has the confidence — ensure that prime minister has the confidence of the house of commons. that is— confidence of the house of commons. that is of— confidence of the house of commons. that is of course usually the leader of the _ that is of course usually the leader of the party who has the overall majority — of the party who has the overall majority and that is sir keir starmer~ _ wouldn't it have been fascinating to be a fly on the wall in a final meeting between the king and rishi sunak? he has been prime minister

during an unusually tricky time for the monarchy. a lot of unexpected, unanticipated events have emerged since king charles came to the throne, some of them regarding his own health and the health of other very senior members of the royal family, an unusual and turbulent time. it family, an unusual and turbulent time. . , . family, an unusual and turbulent time. ., , ., , , time. it has, and there is this fascination _ time. it has, and there is this fascination with _ time. it has, and there is this fascination with the _ time. it has, and there is this i fascination with the relationship between — fascination with the relationship between the monarch and the prime minister— between the monarch and the prime minister and between the monarch and the prime ministerand a lot between the monarch and the prime minister and a lot of that relationship is dictated by the time that the _ relationship is dictated by the time that the prime minister is serving. ithink— that the prime minister is serving. i think on— that the prime minister is serving. i think on this occasion, when you look— i think on this occasion, when you took at _ i think on this occasion, when you took at the — i think on this occasion, when you look at the past couple of years, aimost _ look at the past couple of years, almost a — look at the past couple of years, almost a couple of years, at that relationship between the king and the prime minister, it had perhaps been _ the prime minister, it had perhaps been a _ the prime minister, it had perhaps been a little more personal than other— been a little more personal than other relationships in the past because — other relationships in the past because of the kind of things that have happened. i king who was co—on the death— have happened. i king who was co—on the death of— have happened. i king who was co—on the death of his coronation with rishi _ the death of his coronation with rishi sunak as prime minster, who had to— rishi sunak as prime minster, who had to tell— rishi sunak as prime minster, who had to tell the country he was unwell— had to tell the country he was unwell and had cancer, had to step

back from — unwell and had cancer, had to step back from public duty —— he was mourning — back from public duty —— he was mourning the death of his mother. a few months— mourning the death of his mother. a few months ago, audiences with the prime _ few months ago, audiences with the prime minister resumed between rishi sunak— prime minister resumed between rishi sunak and _ prime minister resumed between rishi sunak and the king. we were allowed to take _ sunak and the king. we were allowed to take some cameras into the private — to take some cameras into the private audience room that evening and we _ private audience room that evening and we saw— private audience room that evening and we saw the king talking to rishi sunak— and we saw the king talking to rishi sunak then about the cards he received — sunak then about the cards he received from the public, the letters, — received from the public, the letters, how moved he was and a very personal— letters, how moved he was and a very personal moment and i think there actually— personal moment and i think there actually have been scattered through this relationship some very personal moments _ this relationship some very personal moments. perhaps they have forged a strong _ moments. perhaps they have forged a strong relationship between the two men then— strong relationship between the two men then perhaps you would normally have thought. in men then perhaps you would normally have thought-— have thought. in terms of the king's schedule, with _ have thought. in terms of the king's schedule, with remembering - have thought. in terms of the king's schedule, with remembering that i have thought. in terms of the king's| schedule, with remembering that he is a man still going through cancer treatment, his treatment, as far as we are aware is not over. it is we are aware is not over. it is absolutely — we are aware is not over. it is absolutely ongoing. - we are aware is not over. it is absolutely ongoing. he - we are aware is not over. it is absolutely ongoing. he is someone still going — absolutely ongoing. he is someone still going through cancer treatment. his schedule is being very. _ treatment. his schedule is being very. very— treatment. his schedule is being very, very carefully managed. he is somebody— very, very carefully managed. he is

somebody who wants to be out there, wants _ somebody who wants to be out there, wants to _ somebody who wants to be out there, wants to be _ somebody who wants to be out there, wants to be going public duty, once the public— wants to be going public duty, once the public to see him. you very much would _ the public to see him. you very much would have _ the public to see him. you very much would have wanted to be part of this event _ would have wanted to be part of this event here _ would have wanted to be part of this event here today. but he is a man still undergoing cancer treatment and there — still undergoing cancer treatment and there are restrictions and limitations on him because of that. we should — limitations on him because of that. we should say, as well, the king returned to london for this. just recently. this is scotland week, is that the terminology? the key week traditionally, a week packed full of engagements and responsibilities in scotland for the royal family. engagements and responsibilities in scotland for the royalfamily. we saw some happening earlier in the week. when this election was called, a surprise to many, we have reflected on that all night and all morning, plenty of mps took to social media and said, wait a minute, i had a holiday booked, social media and said, wait a minute, i had a holiday hooked, i didn't think we were having an election onjuly the 4th. by the same token the election on july the 4th. by the same token the royal election onjuly the 4th. by the same token the royal family election on july the 4th. by the same token the royal family they looked at that announcement and thought, wait a minute, that is

scotland week, we are not meant to be in london for this! in all seriousness he has had to break away from what is a traditional week north of the border say that's right, the king and queen have had to rejig their diaries with royal household staff. they should have beenin household staff. they should have been in scotland for scotland week, which usually happens around this week injuly but this year it was curtailed a little. the king was back from scotland yesterday at windsor castle for election day and was then their overnight and came into london this morning. they have had to change their diaries, like so many have had to, to accommodate this today and to be here of course to welcome the new prime minister. as we saw rishi sunak come in, he had his wife with him, standing beside him when he meddles final words. remind us to what extent is the spouse of the prime minister of the spouse of the prime minister of the day invited into these meetings,

allowed in? how much is there a role, how much do we know about that? ~ ., role, how much do we know about that? . ., ,, ., role, how much do we know about that? ~ ., ~ ., ., , , , role, how much do we know about that? ~ ., ~ ., ., ,, , that? what we know happens as we saw rishi sunak's — that? what we know happens as we saw rishi sunak's wife, _ that? what we know happens as we saw rishi sunak's wife, akshata _ that? what we know happens as we saw rishi sunak's wife, akshata murty, - rishi sunak's wife, akshata murty, going _ rishi sunak's wife, akshata murty, going to _ rishi sunak's wife, akshata murty, going to the palace with him, she would _ going to the palace with him, she would have gone up to the private audience — would have gone up to the private audience room but the prime minister would _ audience room but the prime minister would have _ audience room but the prime minister would have had some time alone with the king _ would have had some time alone with the king first so that moment of resignation, the discussion, that is a moment— resignation, the discussion, that is a moment between the king and the prime _ a moment between the king and the prime minister. towards the end of that audience, she would have come in to the _ that audience, she would have come in to the room and again had some time _ in to the room and again had some time herself with the king and her husband — time herself with the king and her husband. she has a role to play, she is very— husband. she has a role to play, she is very much— husband. she has a role to play, she is very much part of what we have seen _ is very much part of what we have seen at _ is very much part of what we have seen at the — is very much part of what we have seen at the palace today but it is essentially a meeting between the kin- essentially a meeting between the king and _ essentially a meeting between the king and the prime minister. rishi sunak, we assume, _ king and the prime minister. rishi sunak, we assume, has _ king and the prime minister. hi 3! sunak, we assume, has absolutely offered his resignation now to the king because it is half an hour since his car drove through the gates of buckingham palace and into the quadrangle. perhaps a slightly

longer meeting than we might have anticipated. it is a course up to the two individuals how long they chat for and, as we have been reflecting on the sensitivities of what has gone on for the royal family during rishi sunak's time at number 10, family during rishi sunak's time at number10, perhaps family during rishi sunak's time at number 10, perhaps we can only speculate. of course it is a private meeting but perhaps a little more has been discussed and we might have anticipated. no sign of rishi sunak and his wife leaving just yet. just as i say that, of course, live tv for you. as i say that, of course, live tv foryou. perhaps as i say that, of course, live tv for you. perhaps itjust starting to pull out and therefore it begins ultimately a new era. once he has left, he and his wife have left, all eyes will then turn and thoughts will then turn to the next prime minister of this country because it might not be too long before we see sir keir starmer similarly driven down the mall to buckingham palace

for his first meeting with the king. just the final shots of those cars being driven away. he remains an mp, he regained his seat in richmond in north yorkshire, but no longer prime minister. a lot of crowds, a lot of people still staying here at buckingham palace. it was an absolutely miserable day for the first few hours we were here, but it has warmed up, dried up, and changing of the guide. as ever, a big tourist attraction at the palace and that is perhaps why there are still so many people here. but the next stage of events here at the palace will be the arrival of sir keir starmer. we will bring you all of that and the implications of all of that and the implications of all of that and the implications of all of that in the coming minutes. for the next few minutes i will hand you back again tojon and sophie. thank back again to jon and sophie. thank ou. we back again to jon and sophie. thank you- we could _ back again to jon and sophie. thank you. we could be _ back again to jon and sophie. thank you. we could be back— back again to jon and sophie. thank you. we could be back there - back again to jon and sophie. thankl you. we could be back there because this is the vital _ you. we could be back there because this is the vital period _ you. we could be back there because this is the vital period where - you. we could be back there because this is the vital period where we - this is the vital period where we don't officially have a prime

minister so they are always keen to appoint that so—called kissing of hands ceremony inside. i don't think any hands are actually kissed, either? alistair campbell still with us and so craig oliver. that is it, not only rishi sunak no longer prime minister but the conservatives no longer in power after 1a years of government. longer in power after 14 years of government-— longer in power after 14 years of rovernment. ., ., ., ., , government. you have to say of rishi sunak that he — government. you have to say of rishi sunak that he has _ government. you have to say of rishi sunak that he has handled _ government. you have to say of rishi sunak that he has handled this - sunak that he has handled this morning — sunak that he has handled this morning with grace and dignity. the more _ morning with grace and dignity. the more i_ morning with grace and dignity. the more i think— morning with grace and dignity. the more i think about it, the more the fact that _ more i think about it, the more the fact that a — more i think about it, the more the fact that a british prime minister left downing street and apologised to the _ left downing street and apologised to the british people is an extraordinary thing. an extraordinary thing. an extraordinary moment. most politicians if you said to them, you have _ politicians if you said to them, you have a _ politicians if you said to them, you have a whiff — politicians if you said to them, you have a whiff of being prime minister, they would grab it regardless of the circumstances. i think— regardless of the circumstances. i think he _ regardless of the circumstances. i think he will go away and wonder if it would _ think he will go away and wonder if it would have been better if he hadn't — it would have been better if he hadn't taken power, had a hand that i probably— hadn't taken power, had a hand that i probably never could have won. you think ou i probably never could have won. you think you will — i probably never could have won. gm. think you will regret becoming prime

minister? ! think you will regret becoming prime minister? .. , think you will regret becoming prime minister? ~' , ., minister? i think it will be going throurh minister? i think it will be going through his _ minister? i think it will be going through his mind, _ minister? i think it will be going through his mind, could - minister? i think it will be going through his mind, could he - minister? i think it will be going through his mind, could he ever minister? i think it will be going - through his mind, could he ever have actually— through his mind, could he ever have actually turned this situation around? _ actually turned this situation around? he has given extraordinary energy _ around? he has given extraordinary energy. whatever you think about him, _ energy. whatever you think about him. he _ energy. whatever you think about him, he has given it his all in the last two— him, he has given it his all in the last two years, he will be physically and mentally exhausted and will— physically and mentally exhausted and will be looking back thinking, you know. — and will be looking back thinking, you know, did i make the right choices— you know, did i make the right choices at— you know, did i make the right choices at the right time? should i even _ choices at the right time? should i even have — choices at the right time? should i even have been prime minister, was at the _ even have been prime minister, was at the right— even have been prime minister, was at the right thing? because it has been _ at the right thing? because it has been a _ at the right thing? because it has been a devastating period and he leaves _ been a devastating period and he leaves with a two—year period of people _ leaves with a two—year period of people saying itjust didn't work, and literally you yourself had to apologise at the end of it. one sign ofthe apologise at the end of it. one sign of the brutality _ apologise at the end of it. one sign of the brutality of _ apologise at the end of it. one sign of the brutality of this _ apologise at the end of it. one sign of the brutality of this change - apologise at the end of it. one sign of the brutality of this change of. of the brutality of this change of power, his twitterfeed now of the brutality of this change of power, his twitter feed now says former prime minister. the power, his twitter feed now says former prime minister.— former prime minister. the civil service changes _ former prime minister. the civil service changes that are - former prime minister. the civil. service changes that are stopping the point — service changes that are stopping the point i was going to make as rishi _ the point i was going to make as rishi sunak walked out of the door, john curtis — rishi sunak walked out of the door, john curtis said, this was a month ago. _ john curtis said, this was a month ago. and — john curtis said, this was a month ago. and i— john curtis said, this was a month ago, and i were still in the mode of labour— ago, and i were still in the mode of labour could — ago, and i were still in the mode of labour could lose this. he said the two moments at which the conservatives absolutely lost this election. — conservatives absolutely lost this election, and he said this ago, was boris _

election, and he said this ago, was borisjohnson partygate election, and he said this ago, was boris johnson partygate and election, and he said this ago, was borisjohnson partygate and liz truss _ borisjohnson partygate and liz truss as — borisjohnson partygate and liz truss as prime minister and they have _ truss as prime minister and they have never— truss as prime minister and they have never recovered from that. that was evident — have never recovered from that. that was evident from _ have never recovered from that. trust was evident from the polls. either never recovered stop with the other thing he will be pondering, and it was labour's night, a brilliantjob, rishi sunak pail]! was labour's night, a brilliant 'ob, rishi sum— rishi sunak will be looking at the volatility of _ rishi sunak will be looking at the volatility of the _ rishi sunak will be looking at the volatility of the electorate - rishi sunak will be looking at the volatility of the electorate and i volatility of the electorate and wondering _ volatility of the electorate and wondering if— volatility of the electorate and wondering if it _ volatility of the electorate and wondering if it is— volatility of the electorate and wondering if it is here - volatility of the electorate and wondering if it is here to- volatility of the electorate and wondering if it is here to stayl volatility of the electorate and i wondering if it is here to stay and well anyone — wondering if it is here to stay and well anyone in— wondering if it is here to stay and well anyone in power— wondering if it is here to stay and well anyone in power experiencel wondering if it is here to stay and i well anyone in power experience the volatility— well anyone in power experience the volatility question _ well anyone in power experience the volatility question that _ well anyone in power experience the volatility question that they - well anyone in power experience the volatility question that they have - volatility question that they have tough _ volatility question that they have tough decisions _ volatility question that they have tough decisions to _ volatility question that they have tough decisions to make - volatility question that they have tough decisions to make and - volatility question that they have i tough decisions to make and look volatility question that they have . tough decisions to make and look at the results. — tough decisions to make and look at the results. an— tough decisions to make and look at the results, an extraordinarily- the results, an extraordinarily volatile — the results, an extraordinarily volatile situation _ the results, an extraordinarily volatile situation with - the results, an extraordinarily volatile situation with a - the results, an extraordinarily volatile situation with a vast l volatile situation with a vast majority _ volatile situation with a vast majority for _ volatile situation with a vast majority for labour - volatile situation with a vast majority for labour that - volatile situation with a vast majority for labour that is l volatile situation with a vast majority for labour that is a| volatile situation with a vast - majority for labour that is a mile wide _ majority for labour that is a mile wide and an— majority for labour that is a mile wide and an inch _ majority for labour that is a mile wide and an inch deep. - majority for labour that is a mile wide and an inch deep. you- majority for labour that is a mile wide and an inch deep. you mentioned -a rate wide and an inch deep. you mentioned partygate and — wide and an inch deep. you mentioned partygate and the _ wide and an inch deep. you mentioned partygate and the mini _ wide and an inch deep. you mentioned partygate and the mini budget, - wide and an inch deep. you mentioned partygate and the mini budget, i - partygate and the mini budget, i wonder whether rishi sunak d—day was the moment when it became... j wonder whether rishi sunak d-day was the moment when it became. . .- the moment when it became... i spoke to some very — the moment when it became... i spoke to some very senior _ the moment when it became... i spoke to some very senior people _ the moment when it became... i spoke to some very senior people in - the moment when it became... i spoke to some very senior people in the - to some very senior people in the party— to some very senior people in the party and — to some very senior people in the party and they say d—day obviously was not _ party and they say d—day obviously was not great and was a problem but actually _ was not great and was a problem but actually gambling they felt was a much _ actually gambling they felt was a much bigger problem on the doorstep, the fact— much bigger problem on the doorstep, the fact that people bet on the

election — the fact that people bet on the election. they were getting to a stage _ election. they were getting to a stage they felt people were thinking, look, they are annoyed with you — thinking, look, they are annoyed with you but we will give you a vote he had _ with you but we will give you a vote he had to— with you but we will give you a vote he had to stop a super majority and they discovered on the doorstep that he reminded us of partygate, you reminded — he reminded us of partygate, you reminded us of the fact that you looked — reminded us of the fact that you looked like people who thought it was one _ looked like people who thought it was one rule for you and another four others— was one rule for you and another four others right at a key moment in the campaign and that was devastating.— the campaign and that was devastatin.. . �* , devastating. that's right. i saw some polls _ devastating. that's right. i saw some polls today, _ devastating. that's right. i saw some polls today, the - devastating. that's right. i saw some polls today, the three i devastating. that's right. i saw. some polls today, the three most remembered _ some polls today, the three most remembered issues _ some polls today, the three most remembered issues or— some polls today, the three most remembered issues or momentsl some polls today, the three most. remembered issues or moments of some polls today, the three most i remembered issues or moments of this campaign _ remembered issues or moments of this campaign were — remembered issues or moments of this campaign were betting, _ remembered issues or moments of this campaign were betting, d—day- remembered issues or moments of this campaign were betting, d—day and i campaign were betting, d—day and rishi getting — campaign were betting, d—day and rishi getting wet _ campaign were betting, d—day and rishi getting wet on _ campaign were betting, d—day and rishi getting wet on day _ campaign were betting, d—day and rishi getting wet on day one. i campaign were betting, d—day and rishi getting wet on day one. for. rishi getting wet on day one. for labour— rishi getting wet on day one. for labour to— rishi getting wet on day one. for labour to win _ rishi getting wet on day one. for labour to win a _ rishi getting wet on day one. for labour to win a landslide - rishi getting wet on day one. for labour to win a landslide they. rishi getting wet on day one. for. labour to win a landslide they have 'ust labour to win a landslide they have just won, _ labour to win a landslide they have just won, but — labour to win a landslide they have just won, but the _ labour to win a landslide they have just won, but the three _ labour to win a landslide they have just won, but the three most - just won, but the three most remembered _ just won, but the three most remembered things- just won, but the three most remembered things in- just won, but the three most remembered things in the i just won, but the three most - remembered things in the campaign are all— remembered things in the campaign are all about — remembered things in the campaign are all about rishi _ remembered things in the campaign are all about rishi sunak— remembered things in the campaign are all about rishi sunak and - remembered things in the campaign are all about rishi sunak and the i are all about rishi sunak and the tories, _ are all about rishi sunak and the tories, that— are all about rishi sunak and the tories, that does _ are all about rishi sunak and the tories, that does underline i are all about rishi sunak and the tories, that does underline the l tories, that does underline the extent— tories, that does underline the extent to — tories, that does underline the extent to which _ tories, that does underline the extent to which this _ tories, that does underline the extent to which this was - tories, that does underline the | extent to which this was people saying — extent to which this was people saying enough _ extent to which this was people saying enough-— extent to which this was people saying enough. 100% right and i totally agree- — saying enough. 10096 right and i totally agree. you _ saying enough. 10096 right and i totally agree. you have - saying enough. 10096 right and i totally agree. you have to i saying enough. 10096 right and i l totally agree. you have to admire labour— totally agree. you have to admire labour for— totally agree. you have to admire labour for the discipline of not interrupting their enemy in the process— interrupting their enemy in the process of making a series of mistakes _ process of making a series of mistakes. but it was not an enthused or energised — mistakes. but it was not an enthused or energised campaign. they didn't

say very— or energised campaign. they didn't say very much about what they would do. say very much about what they would do it _ say very much about what they would do it was— say very much about what they would do it was a _ say very much about what they would do. it was a campaign strategy that i do. it was a campaign strategy that i suspect— do. it was a campaign strategy that i suspect will be a problem when you are governing. if you are saying that we — are governing. if you are saying that we have a mandate, a mandate for what? _ that we have a mandate, a mandate for what? what did you tell people that you _ for what? what did you tell people that you are absolutely going to do? otherwise, — that you are absolutely going to do? otherwise, look at it. number one mission _ otherwise, look at it. number one mission is — otherwise, look at it. number one mission is growing _ otherwise, look at it. number one mission is growing the _ otherwise, look at it. number one mission is growing the economy, i mission is growing the economy, growth, — mission is growing the economy, growth, 0k~ _ mission is growing the economy, growth, 0k~ pr_ mission is growing the economy, growth. 0k.— mission is growing the economy, rowth, ok. . ., ., ., m growth, ok. a mandate for growth? no but he is now— growth, ok. a mandate for growth? no but he is now in — growth, ok. a mandate for growth? no but he is now in power— growth, ok. a mandate for growth? no but he is now in power with _ growth, ok. a mandate for growth? no but he is now in power with a _ growth, ok. a mandate for growth? no but he is now in power with a big i but he is now in power with a big majority. — but he is now in power with a big majority, he _ but he is now in power with a big majority, he can— but he is now in power with a big majority, he can come _ but he is now in power with a big majority, he can come up- but he is now in power with a big majority, he can come up with i but he is now in power with a bigl majority, he can come up with all sorts— majority, he can come up with all sorts of— majority, he can come up with all sorts of radical— majority, he can come up with all sorts of radical stuff— majority, he can come up with all sorts of radical stuff related i majority, he can come up with all sorts of radical stuff related to i sorts of radical stuff related to growth, — sorts of radical stuff related to growth, like _ sorts of radical stuff related to growth, like us _ sorts of radical stuff related to growth, like us not _ sorts of radical stuff related to growth, like us not saying i sorts of radical stuff related to growth, like us not saying wel sorts of radical stuff related to i growth, like us not saying we were doing _ growth, like us not saying we were doing the _ growth, like us not saying we were doing the bank— growth, like us not saying we were doing the bank of— growth, like us not saying we were doing the bank of england - doing the bank of england independence, _ doing the bank of england independence, economic. doing the bank of england - independence, economic stability. i thinkthis— independence, economic stability. i think this planning _ independence, economic stability. i think this planning reform - independence, economic stability. i think this planning reform thing, i think this planning reform thing, the one — think this planning reform thing, the one thing _ think this planning reform thing, the one thing you _ think this planning reform thing, the one thing you really - think this planning reform thing, the one thing you really have i think this planning reform thing, the one thing you really have to| the one thing you really have to take _ the one thing you really have to take what — the one thing you really have to take what both _ the one thing you really have to take what both keir— the one thing you really have to take what both keir starmer- the one thing you really have to| take what both keir starmer and rachel— take what both keir starmer and rachel reeves— take what both keir starmer and rachel reeves were _ take what both keir starmer and rachel reeves were talking i take what both keir starmer and. rachel reeves were talking about take what both keir starmer and i rachel reeves were talking about is planning _ rachel reeves were talking about is planning reform _ rachel reeves were talking about is planning reform. that— rachel reeves were talking about is planning reform. that will— rachel reeves were talking about is planning reform. that will be - rachel reeves were talking about is planning reform. that will be very . planning reform. that will be very difficult _ planning reform. that will be very difficult we — planning reform. that will be very difficult. we have _ planning reform. that will be very difficult. we have come _ planning reform. that will be very difficult. we have come a - planning reform. that will be very difficult. we have come a nimbyl difficult. we have come a nimby culture — difficult. we have come a nimby culture and _ difficult. we have come a nimby culture. and we _ difficult. we have come a nimby culture. and we are _ difficult. we have come a nimby culture. and we are going - difficult. we have come a nimby culture. and we are going to i difficult. we have come a nimby- culture. and we are going to become a yimby culture, yet in my back yard. a yimby culture, yet in my back ard. ., . ~' a yimby culture, yet in my back ard. ., ., ,, ., a yimby culture, yet in my back ard. ., .,~ ., , a yimby culture, yet in my back ard. ., ., _., yard. not making a party political roint but yard. not making a party political point but we _ yard. not making a party political

point but we are _ yard. not making a party political point but we are seeing _ yard. not making a party political point but we are seeing the i point but we are seeing the willingness of people to wait for action— willingness of people to wait for action and things to happen is shortening and shortening and shortening and shortening and shortening and shortening and shortening and that is a real issue for anyone — shortening and that is a real issue for anyone trying to govern the country. — for anyone trying to govern the country, particularly where there has to— country, particularly where there has to be — country, particularly where there has to be real solutions. willingness to wait, and we are all waiting to see the new prime minister, sir keir starmer, arriving at buckingham palace to accept the invitation of the king to form a government. we are expecting to see that in the next few minutes and in the back of a car somewhere else in london, rishi sunak, mp, only mp, is heading off to what kind of future, do you think, craig? he plans to leave hisjob as do you think, craig? he plans to leave his job as conservative leader in the near —ish future but what personally? in the near -ish future but what personally?— in the near -ish future but what personally? in the near -ish future but what rersonall ? ., personally? the immediate thing he has is leader _ personally? the immediate thing he has is leader of _ personally? the immediate thing he has is leader of the _ personally? the immediate thing he has is leader of the opposition i personally? the immediate thing he has is leader of the opposition and | has is leader of the opposition and i think_ has is leader of the opposition and i think he _ has is leader of the opposition and i think he has a very important last 'ob, i think he has a very important last job, to _ i think he has a very important last job, to allow the conservative party to take _ job, to allow the conservative party to take a _ job, to allow the conservative party to take a bit of time, get the conservative party into a situation where _ conservative party into a situation where it _ conservative party into a situation where it can take a breath and have a sensible _ where it can take a breath and have a sensible conversation about where it goes— a sensible conversation about where it goes forward. an incredibly tough

thing _ it goes forward. an incredibly tough thing to— it goes forward. an incredibly tough thing to somebody who has been booted _ thing to somebody who has been booted out. thing to somebody who has been booted out-— thing to somebody who has been booted out. �* :: ., , ., , booted out. almost 40 million people voted -- are — booted out. almost 40 million people voted -- are almost _ booted out. almost 40 million people voted -- are almost 40 _ booted out. almost 40 million people voted -- are almost 40 million - voted —— are almost 40 million people voted for borisjohnson, 6.8 million yesterday then you can see how the british people how can we keep these people out? —— almost one 4 million people voted for boris johnson. 4 million people voted for boris johnson. , . , 4 million people voted for boris johnson. , ., ., ., , johnson. the party was thoroughly re'ected johnson. the party was thoroughly rejected and _ johnson. the party was thoroughly rejected and this _ johnson. the party was thoroughly rejected and this feels _ johnson. the party was thoroughly rejected and this feels to - johnson. the party was thoroughly rejected and this feels to me - johnson. the party was thoroughly rejected and this feels to me like i johnson. the party was thoroughly | rejected and this feels to me like a referendum on the conservative party rather _ referendum on the conservative party rather than _ referendum on the conservative party rather than a pro—labour vote and that will— rather than a pro—labour vote and that will be — rather than a pro—labour vote and that will be interesting going forward, can they take that and grasp— forward, can they take that and grasp it — forward, can they take that and grasp it and run with the ball? during — grasp it and run with the ball? during the campaign they did not interrupt— during the campaign they did not interrupt their enemy during the campaign they did not interrupt theirenemy in during the campaign they did not interrupt their enemy in the process of making _ interrupt their enemy in the process of making a — interrupt their enemy in the process of making a mistake, but neither did they make _ of making a mistake, but neither did they make a — of making a mistake, but neither did they make a particularly positive case _ they make a particularly positive case for — they make a particularly positive case for what they were going to do. yes, case for what they were going to do. yes. you _ case for what they were going to do. yes, you have a massive majority in the house _ yes, you have a massive majority in the house of— yes, you have a massive majority in the house of commons, but if it is not the house of commons, but if it is hot in _ the house of commons, but if it is hot in the — the house of commons, but if it is not in the manifesto, the house of lords _ not in the manifesto, the house of lords cah— not in the manifesto, the house of lords can make it hell for you. ultimately the commons will put things— ultimately the commons will put things through but they can say, sorry, _ things through but they can say, sorry, that — things through but they can say, sorry, that was not in the manifesto, why is it suddenly

popping — manifesto, why is it suddenly popping up manifesto, why is it suddenly popping up now? then you see it becomes— popping up now? then you see it becomes bitter and divisive. you have _ becomes bitter and divisive. you have over— becomes bitter and divisive. you have over 400 mps, factions start hapbehihd — have over 400 mps, factions start happening. it will be an interesting period _ happening. it will be an interesting period. having said that, a major win for— period. having said that, a major win for the — period. having said that, a major win for the labour party and a real tribute _ win for the labour party and a real tribute to— win for the labour party and a real tribute to keir starmer to actually pull tribute to keir starmer to actually butt it _ tribute to keir starmer to actually butt it off — tribute to keir starmer to actually pull it off in the way he has done. buckingham palace on one side of your screen, buckingham palace on one side of yourscreen, downing buckingham palace on one side of your screen, downing street on the other. there is larry the cat! waiting to meet his new owner. 50 waiting to meet his new owner. so chilled, there are years, having a snooze that you only count them in, count them out! he is 16 years old, that cats, been there since 2011, he has really stood the test of time. gordon brown was his first prime a. minister. david cameron brought him in. you were there. the director - minister. david cameron brought him in. you were there. the director of i in. you were there. the director of events went _ in. you were there. the director of events went to _ in. you were there. the director of events went to battersea - in. you were there. the director of events went to battersea and - in. you were there. the director of. events went to battersea and brought larry back— events went to battersea and brought larry back and — events went to battersea and brought larry back and he _ events went to battersea and brought larry back and he has _ events went to battersea and brought larry back and he has been— events went to battersea and brought larry back and he has been there - larry back and he has been there ever— larry back and he has been there ever sincem _ larry back and he has been there ever since... 16— larry back and he has been there ever since. . ._

ever since... 16 years old. word from our _ ever since... 16 years old. word from our team _ ever since... 16 years old. word from our team in _ ever since... 16 years old. word from our team in downing - ever since... 16 years old. word | from our team in downing street ever since... 16 years old. word i from our team in downing street is that labour party supporters are starting to arrive there. we were speculating a bit earlier about whether the party would want to have the kinds of scenes we saw back in 1997 when tony blair swept to power, whether the crowds several deep wood lined with flags. you thought not? but it sounds like there are a few heading that way. 0k, ok, let's see. i suspect it will be a tot— ok, let's see. i suspect it will be a lot more — ok, let's see. i suspect it will be a lot more muted. _ ok, let's see. i suspect it will be a lot more muted. i— ok, let's see. i suspect it will be a lot more muted. i know- ok, let's see. i suspect it will be a lot more muted. i know that. ok, let's see. i suspect it will be i a lot more muted. i know that last night _ a lot more muted. i know that last night at _ a lot more muted. i know that last night at the — a lot more muted. i know that last night at the tate, _ a lot more muted. i know that last night at the tate, they _ a lot more muted. i know that last night at the tate, they were - a lot more muted. i know that last night at the tate, they were very i night at the tate, they were very clear— night at the tate, they were very clear that — night at the tate, they were very clear that this— night at the tate, they were very clear that this is _ night at the tate, they were very clear that this is not _ night at the tate, they were very clear that this is not a _ night at the tate, they were very clear that this is not a party- night at the tate, they were very clear that this is not a party as l night at the tate, they were very clear that this is not a party as a | clear that this is not a party as a thank— clear that this is not a party as a thank you — clear that this is not a party as a thank you to _ clear that this is not a party as a thank you to staff— clear that this is not a party as a thank you to staff and _ clear that this is not a party as a thank you to staff and i- clear that this is not a party as a thank you to staff and i think - clear that this is not a party as a i thank you to staff and i think that tone _ thank you to staff and i think that tone witt— thank you to staff and i think that tone will have _ thank you to staff and i think that tone will have been _ thank you to staff and i think that tone will have been made - thank you to staff and i think that tone will have been made very. thank you to staff and i think that - tone will have been made very clear. it is tone will have been made very clear. it is a _ tone will have been made very clear. it is a different— tone will have been made very clear. it is a different environment. - tone will have been made very clear. it is a different environment. it's - it is a different environment. it's fine to— it is a different environment. it's fine to have _ it is a different environment. it's fine to have people _ it is a different environment. it's fine to have people in— it is a different environment. it's fine to have people in the - it is a different environment. it's| fine to have people in the street, but a _ fine to have people in the street, but a sense — fine to have people in the street, but a sense of— fine to have people in the street, but a sense of euphoria - fine to have people in the street, but a sense of euphoria it - fine to have people in the street, but a sense of euphoria it would i but a sense of euphoria it would strike _ but a sense of euphoria it would strike the — but a sense of euphoria it would strike the wrong _ but a sense of euphoria it would strike the wrong know _ but a sense of euphoria it would strike the wrong know if - but a sense of euphoria it would strike the wrong know if they. but a sense of euphoria it wouldl strike the wrong know if they did that now — strike the wrong know if they did that now so _ strike the wrong know if they did that now. so we _ strike the wrong know if they did that now. so we have _ strike the wrong know if they did that now. so we have been - strike the wrong know if they did | that now. so we have been about strike the wrong know if they did - that now. so we have been about ten minutes _ that now. so we have been about ten minutes without _ that now. so we have been about ten minutes without a _ that now. so we have been about ten minutes without a prime _ that now. so we have been about ten minutes without a prime minister - that now. so we have been about ten| minutes without a prime minister and we are _ minutes without a prime minister and we are waiting — minutes without a prime minister and we are waiting on _ minutes without a prime minister and we are waiting on these _ minutes without a prime minister and we are waiting on these pictures. - we are waiting on these pictures. keir starmer— we are waiting on these pictures. keir starmer will— we are waiting on these pictures. keir starmer will be _ we are waiting on these pictures. keir starmer will be coming, - we are waiting on these pictures. keir starmer will be coming, wel we are waiting on these pictures. . keir starmer will be coming, we are not sure _ keir starmer will be coming, we are not sure from — keir starmer will be coming, we are not sure from where. _

keir starmer will be coming, we are not sure from where.— not sure from where. larry is holdin: not sure from where. larry is holding the _ not sure from where. larry is holding the fort _ not sure from where. larry is holding the fort behind - not sure from where. larry is holding the fort behind those railings. you can see him in the corner of the picture. his car will be driven from somewhere here in central london, westminster, the houses of parliament, i am really guessing here. they will come towards buckingham palace. a secret location, and i suspect you probably know it and are not telling us, alastair campbell. we will expect him fairly shortly for his audience with the king when the king invites him to become the next prime minister of the united kingdom. labour's seventh prime minister, he will be. �* ., , labour's seventh prime minister, he will be. . ., , ., ., will be. and only the fourth who has taken labour _ will be. and only the fourth who has taken labour from _ will be. and only the fourth who has taken labour from opposition - will be. and only the fourth who has taken labour from opposition into . taken labour from opposition into government. which when you think that eton _ government. which when you think that eton college has had 21 prime ministers, — that eton college has had 21 prime ministers, for only four people, atttee. — ministers, for only four people, attlee, wilson, tony blair and now keir starmer, it really does underline how extraordinary it is. this is— underline how extraordinary it is. this is a — underline how extraordinary it is. this is a very difficult country to win from — this is a very difficult country to win from the left and i think we all know— win from the left and i think we all know that — win from the left and i think we all know that from our history. lots of activi in

know that from our history. lots of activity in downing _ know that from our history. lots of activity in downing street - know that from our history. lots of activity in downing street that - know that from our history. lots of activity in downing street that we i activity in downing street that we can see, people coming in and out. even more activity going on behind the scenes. because a new prime minister's team will want the desks in different places, the offices to be organised in a different way. it be organised in a different way. it is all change like that. i remember when _ is all change like that. i remember when david — is all change like that. i remember when david cameron came in, he had already— when david cameron came in, he had already been — when david cameron came in, he had already been in to look at the office — already been in to look at the office and gordon brown had this horseshoe, he worked out of number 12 in david _ horseshoe, he worked out of number 12 in david cameron's team in test team _ 12 in david cameron's team in test team came — 12 in david cameron's team in test team came in and said that david cameron— team came in and said that david cameron wanted it all out. i don't know— cameron wanted it all out. i don't know whether that was gone when he came in _ know whether that was gone when he came in. , ~' . , know whether that was gone when he came in. , ~' ., ., know whether that was gone when he came in. , ~' ., came in. they knew he was going back into the office — came in. they knew he was going back into the office that _ came in. they knew he was going back into the office that had _ came in. they knew he was going back into the office that had been _ came in. they knew he was going back into the office that had been used - into the office that had been used by tony— into the office that had been used by tony blair— into the office that had been used by tony blair which _ into the office that had been used by tony blair which would - into the office that had been used by tony blair which would be - into the office that had been used by tony blair which would be veryi by tony blair which would be very familiar— by tony blair which would be very familiar to — by tony blair which would be very familiarto you. _ by tony blair which would be very familiar to you. there _ by tony blair which would be very familiar to you. there was - by tony blair which would be very familiar to you. there was an - familiar to you. there was an exoeriment _ familiar to you. there was an experiment with— familiar to you. there was an experiment with having - familiar to you. there was an experiment with having what| familiar to you. there was an - experiment with having what was the press _ experiment with having what was the press office _ experiment with having what was the press office in— experiment with having what was the press office in my— experiment with having what was the press office in my time _ experiment with having what was the press office in my time being - experiment with having what was the press office in my time being a - press office in my time being a horseshoe _ press office in my time being a horseshoe and _ press office in my time being a horseshoe and he _ press office in my time being a horseshoe and he had - press office in my time being a horseshoe and he had been . press office in my time being a - horseshoe and he had been impressed by mike _ horseshoe and he had been impressed by mike btoomberg _ horseshoe and he had been impressed by mike bloomberg directing - horseshoe and he had been impressed by mike bloomberg directing stuff- by mike bloomberg directing stuff from there — by mike bloomberg directing stuff from there. there _ by mike bloomberg directing stuff from there. there will— by mike bloomberg directing stuff from there. there will be - by mike bloomberg directing stuff from there. there will be a - by mike bloomberg directing stuff from there. there will be a swap. from there. there will be a swap around — from there. there will be a swap around but— from there. there will be a swap around. but they _ from there. there will be a swap around. but they will _ from there. there will be a swap around. but they will have - from there. there will be a swap around. but they will have set i around. but they will have set beforehand, _ around. but they will have set beforehand, this _ around. but they will have set beforehand, this is— around. but they will have set beforehand, this is where - around. but they will have set beforehand, this is where wel around. but they will have set - beforehand, this is where we intend to go— beforehand, this is where we intend to go and _ beforehand, this is where we intend to go and this — beforehand, this is where we intend to go and this is _ beforehand, this is where we intend to go and this is what _ beforehand, this is where we intend to go and this is what we _ beforehand, this is where we intend to go and this is what we want - beforehand, this is where we intend to go and this is what we want to i to go and this is what we want to do. to go and this is what we want to do it— to go and this is what we want to do it is— to go and this is what we want to do it is most— to go and this is what we want to do. it is most natural— to go and this is what we want to do. it is most natural for- to go and this is what we want to do. it is most natural for a - to go and this is what we want to do. it is most natural for a prime minister— do. it is most natural for a prime minister to— do. it is most natural for a prime

ministerto want— do. it is most natural for a prime minister to want to _ do. it is most natural for a prime minister to want to take - do. it is most natural for a prime minister to want to take the - do. it is most natural for a primel minister to want to take the office i’ilht minister to want to take the office right next— minister to want to take the office right next to — minister to want to take the office right next to the _ minister to want to take the office right next to the cabinet - minister to want to take the office right next to the cabinet room. i minister to want to take the office i right next to the cabinet room. you can literatty — right next to the cabinet room. you can literally open _ right next to the cabinet room. you can literally open the _ right next to the cabinet room. you can literally open the door- right next to the cabinet room. you can literally open the door and - right next to the cabinet room. youi can literally open the door and walk through— can literally open the door and walk through it — can literally open the door and walk through it it— can literally open the door and walk through it. it makes— can literally open the door and walk through it. it makes a _ can literally open the door and walk through it. it makes a lot _ can literally open the door and walk through it. it makes a lot of- can literally open the door and walk through it. it makes a lot of sense i through it. it makes a lot of sense and i_ through it. it makes a lot of sense and i suspect— through it. it makes a lot of sense and i suspect that _ through it. it makes a lot of sense and i suspect that is _ through it. it makes a lot of sense and i suspect that is where - through it. it makes a lot of sense and i suspect that is where he - through it. it makes a lot of sense and i suspect that is where he willi and i suspect that is where he will no. and i suspect that is where he will go. absolutely. we are still waiting for sir keir starmer's _ go. absolutely. we are still waiting for sir keir starmer's car, - go. absolutely. we are still waiting for sir keir starmer's car, which - go. absolutely. we are still waiting for sir keir starmer's car, which we hope will arrive at some short time. it is going to be an extraordinary moment for him personally, isn't it? after such a quick turnaround, he came in 4.5 years ago, became leader. you had to do that on zuma. it was covid times, he had to do his acceptance and begin on a world in zoom. 4.5 years later, he is about to go to the palace and return here is the seventh labour prime minister, the fourth only to win a majority. what did he do to turn it around so fast? the majority. what did he do to turn it around so fast?— majority. what did he do to turn it around so fast? the other thing to underline is _ around so fast? the other thing to underline is he _ around so fast? the other thing to underline is he had _ around so fast? the other thing to underline is he had not _ around so fast? the other thing to underline is he had not been - around so fast? the other thing to underline is he had not been an i around so fast? the other thing to | underline is he had not been an mp lon- underline is he had not been an mp long before that. he came into politics— long before that. he came into

politics relatively old come into his 50s — politics relatively old come into his 50s i— politics relatively old come into his 50s. i think what he did was grasp— his 50s. i think what he did was grasp straightaway the scale of the change _ grasp straightaway the scale of the change that was necessary within the labour— change that was necessary within the labour party. and i think what was very clever— labour party. and i think what was very clever was to make that change without _ very clever was to make that change without that being the only thing that the — without that being the only thing that the public knew about him as he was doing _ that the public knew about him as he was doing it. so he said he would tear anti—semitism out from its roots — tear anti—semitism out from its roots and _ tear anti—semitism out from its roots. and i think you can see tom baldwin— roots. and i think you can see tom baldwin his — roots. and i think you can see tom baldwin his biographer over there, one of— baldwin his biographer over there, one of the — baldwin his biographer over there, one of the things tom's book really shows— one of the things tom's book really shows is— one of the things tom's book really shows is that keir has a steely, guiet _ shows is that keir has a steely, quiet ruthlessness that when he wants _ quiet ruthlessness that when he wants to — quiet ruthlessness that when he wants to get something done, he goes about it _ wants to get something done, he goes about it in _ wants to get something done, he goes about it in quite a quiet way. salter— about it in quite a quiet way. salter plans it and then he does it. so i salter plans it and then he does it. so i think— salter plans it and then he does it. so i think that is what he has done -- sort _ so i think that is what he has done -- sort of— so i think that is what he has done —— sort of plans it. he worked out the scale — —— sort of plans it. he worked out the scale of— —— sort of plans it. he worked out the scale of the challenge. a key moment— the scale of the challenge. a key moment was the hartlepool by—election. labour lost the hartlepool by—election to the tories with boris— hartlepool by—election to the tories with borisjohnson as prime minister and with borisjohnson as prime minister and that— with borisjohnson as prime minister and that was a really low point. did

he not and that was a really low point. he not think and that was a really low point. d c he not think about quitting at that point? he not think about quitting at that oint? ~ . . ., ., , he not think about quitting at that oint? ., , point? according to his biographer. who we will — point? according to his biographer. who we will talk _ point? according to his biographer. who we will talk to _ point? according to his biographer. who we will talk to shortly, - point? according to his biographer. who we will talk to shortly, tom i who we will talk to shortly, tom baldwin. i who we will talk to shortly, tom baldwin. ~' , . ., ., baldwin. i think he began to wonder whether he had _ baldwin. i think he began to wonder whether he had what _ baldwin. i think he began to wonder whether he had what it _ baldwin. i think he began to wonder whether he had what it took. - baldwin. i think he began to wonder whether he had what it took. and i i whether he had what it took. and i remember— whether he had what it took. and i remember because he lives quite nearby— remember because he lives quite nearby and i met him. we had a cup of tea— nearby and i met him. we had a cup of tea at— nearby and i met him. we had a cup of tea at my— nearby and i met him. we had a cup of tea at my house. i remember i was in my— of tea at my house. i remember i was in my usual, — of tea at my house. i remember i was in my usual, why are labour not doing _ in my usual, why are labour not doing this — in my usual, why are labour not doing this and that? and he said something which has stuck with me ever since. — something which has stuck with me ever since, especially since i have heard _ ever since, especially since i have heard him — ever since, especially since i have heard him and so many people say it since _ heard him and so many people say it since i_ heard him and so many people say it since i am _ heard him and so many people say it since. i am trying to do in one term what _ since. i am trying to do in one term what you _ since. i am trying to do in one term what you lot — since. i am trying to do in one term what you lot took quite a long time to do _ what you lot took quite a long time to do i_ what you lot took quite a long time to do. i have three stages to my strategy~ — to do. i have three stages to my strategy. stage i is to contaminate the labour— strategy. stage i is to contaminate the labour brand after this corbyn and sam _ the labour brand after this corbyn and sam -- — the labour brand after this corbyn and sam —— anti—semitism. stage two, showed _ and sam —— anti—semitism. stage two, showed the _ and sam —— anti—semitism. stage two, showed the tories are unfit to run. stage _ showed the tories are unfit to run. stage three, set out an alternative. and he _ stage three, set out an alternative. and he has— stage three, set out an alternative. and he has done it. and he stuck in traffic! we will see him arriving at

buckingham palace soon. he cannot be stuck in traffic! no, we'rejust wondering where he is. let's go to glasgow and nicky campbell can tell us about the results and the reaction in scotland.- us about the results and the reaction in scotland. good morning. we have the — reaction in scotland. good morning. we have the leader _ reaction in scotland. good morning. we have the leader of _ reaction in scotland. good morning. we have the leader of the _ reaction in scotland. good morning. we have the leader of the labour i we have the leader of the labour party up here anas sarwar, who is cock—a—hoop, as you would imagine. let's dig into this a bit. independence is still strongly supported in scotland and a lot of people who still support independence let you their votes. what is your message to them? the first thing is to say thank you to people across scotland for putting their faith and trust in scottish labour. forvoting their faith and trust in scottish labour. for voting for change. we want to get to work straightaway and you will see that today. the uk labour government delivering for scotland. we also recognise that is just one stage of the change because so many of the frustrations people in scotland feel are in the control of the snp scottish government. yes, we start that journey the change with the uk labour government. you can relax now— with the uk labour government. you can relax now with the campaigning.

your message to the people who want independence? less your message to the people who want independence?— independence? less campaigning and more about the _ independence? less campaigning and more about the delivery _ independence? less campaigning and more about the delivery for _ independence? less campaigning and more about the delivery for the - more about the delivery for the people. for people who supported independence in the past or voted snp in the past, i've always said in the three years i have been a leader that i will turn my back on no—one. i want to bring our country together and deliver the change and recognise the frustration so many of them had. i think it would be wrong to pretend that somehow, it was all just a tactical voting block. the reason why so many people turn to scottish labour in this election is of course because they wanted to get rid of the tories after 14 years. it is because they wanted a uk labour government and change. also, they are so frustrated after 17 years of the snp and their incompetence and failure. �* . , the snp and their incompetence and failure. . . , . ., , failure. and the vast ma'ority eo - le failure. and the vast ma'ority people in i failure. and the vast ma'ority people in scotland h failure. and the vast ma'ority people in scotland wanth failure. and the vast majority people in scotland want for i failure. and the vast majority - people in scotland want for closer ties with the european union. if not, indeed, re—entering. keir starmer has said, not in his lifetime. starmer has said, not in his lifetime-— starmer has said, not in his lifetime. ~ . . ., ., ., , lifetime. what we are going to do is recounise lifetime. what we are going to do is recognise that _ lifetime. what we are going to do is recognise that the _ lifetime. what we are going to do is recognise that the brexit _ lifetime. what we are going to do is recognise that the brexit mess - lifetime. what we are going to do is recognise that the brexit mess we i recognise that the brexit mess we haveis recognise that the brexit mess we have is because of the tories and their carnage in government. and we

are going to fix the mess, we are going to reset the relationship. and we are going to work together in our national interest to deliver for people across this country. what national interest to deliver for people across this country. what are the specifics — people across this country. what are the specifics of _ people across this country. what are the specifics of that? _ people across this country. what are the specifics of that? people - people across this country. what are the specifics of that? people will - the specifics of that? people will want to know because there is a huge impetus in this part of the united kingdom forfar closer impetus in this part of the united kingdom for far closer ties, a single market included. you rightly said to me the _ single market included. you rightly said to me the campaign _ single market included. you rightly said to me the campaign is - single market included. you rightly said to me the campaign is over i single market included. you rightly| said to me the campaign is over and no campaigning. in the exact same way in terms of people asking what we are going to do, people backing that perspective and us winning not just in scotland by a margin and not just in scotland by a margin and not just be the largest party, but winning an overwhelming majority and people backing our programme for change, which includes resetting the relationship, fixing the mess, and thatis relationship, fixing the mess, and that is a discussion and negotiation we want to have with our eu neighbours. it we want to have with our eu neighbours-— we want to have with our eu neiuhbours. , . ~ . neighbours. it is tricky if michel barnier neighbours. it is tricky if michel lsarnier and _ neighbours. it is tricky if michel barnier and others _ neighbours. it is tricky if michel barnier and others say, - neighbours. it is tricky if michel barnier and others say, no - barnier and others say, no renegotiation, no fixing the mess without looking at the single market and freedom of movement. first. without looking at the single market and freedom of movement.- and freedom of movement. first, i don't think— and freedom of movement. first, i don't think that _ and freedom of movement. first, i don't think that will _ and freedom of movement. first, i don't think that will happen - and freedom of movement. first, i don't think that will happen from i don't think that will happen from all my conversations both with

labour parties across the european union, with eu ambassadors and individual eu nations ambassador's. none of them have said that we want you to commit to rejoin. what they have all said is that we want a government that is not going to pick fights for the sake of picking fights, but reset the relationship can rebuild trust and find those areas of alignment where we can work together in your interest and that is what we will do. tough talking head, clearly. i don't think it has to be tough talking. it will be! collegiate government is about building relationship.— building relationship. frank talkina. building relationship. frank talking. labour _ building relationship. frank talking. labour took - building relationship. frank talking. labour took a - building relationship. frank talking. labour took a real| building relationship. frank- talking. labour took a real kick in, they lost leicester, south. blackburn, dewsbury and batley. candidates beat them who are campaigning on gaza. what does keir starmer need to do to get those people back into the labour fold? first, we are all united in our view that we need an immediate ceasefire and immediate access to humanitarian aid. the immediate release of

hostages and for the start of that process to deliver 862 with israel and palestine living in peace we recognise we have not won the support of everyone across the country, of course not —— a two—state solution. we want to rebuild all relationships to rebuild people's trust and build support and deliver four people. that is regardless of whether they voted for as in this election or not. for far too long, we have had governance across the uk and in scotland who think they only have to govern for the half of the country that agreed with them on the constitutional question. that is not the approach we will take. we will govern for everyone and try and pull our country together. bud everyone and try and pull our country together.— everyone and try and pull our country together. and a word for john country together. and a word for john swinney- — country together. and a word for john swinney. he _ country together. and a word for john swinney. he is _ country together. and a word for john swinney. he is clearly - country together. and a word for john swinney. he is clearly a - country together. and a word for i john swinney. he is clearly a decent man and an experienced politician. and he had this thrown at him, the snp have not had their troubles to seek, as you well know. what would you say to john seek, as you well know. what would you say tojohn swinney seek, as you well know. what would you say to john swinney this you say tojohn swinney this morning? i you say to john swinney this morning?— you say to john swinney this mornin: ? . ., ., ., ., you say to john swinney this morninu? . ., ., ., ., . morning? i am not going to do what the snp has — morning? i am not going to do what the snp has done _ morning? i am not going to do what the snp has done for _ morning? i am not going to do what the snp has done for the _ morning? i am not going to do what the snp has done for the last - morning? i am not going to do what the snp has done for the last 17 - the snp has done for the last 17 years, which is the day after the election, give advice to the losing

political party as if it is impartial advice that might be in their best interest or not. it is for the snp to look at what happened last night. the one thing that is absolutely clear is if they think this is purely a rejection of 14 years of the tories, then i think they are wrong. i think there has also been a rejection of the snp�*s record in government and people want incompetence and failure to end, and it has ended now across the uk. we start thatjennifer change, but we want the incompetence and failure to end in scotland as well. —— we want that incompetence to change. i was lookin: for that incompetence to change. i was looking for empathy _ that incompetence to change. i was looking for empathy or _ that incompetence to change. i was looking for empathy or sympathy because you know what it is like to lose. i rememberwhen because you know what it is like to lose. i remember when i was growing up lose. i remember when i was growing up in scotland, you guys used to ask they say not count the votes can use to weigh the votes. that they say not count the votes can use to weigh the votes.— to weigh the votes. that is probably before i was — to weigh the votes. that is probably before i was born. _ to weigh the votes. that is probably before i was born. my _ to weigh the votes. that is probably before i was born. my adult - to weigh the votes. that is probably before i was born. my adult life - to weigh the votes. that is probably before i was born. my adult life has| before i was born. my adult life has largely been in opposition. you before i was born. my adult life has largely been in opposition.- largely been in opposition. you are a lot older than _ largely been in opposition. you are a lot older than i _ largely been in opposition. you are a lot older than i am. _ largely been in opposition. you are a lot older than i am. that - largely been in opposition. you are a lot older than i am. that has - largely been in opposition. you are a lot older than i am. that has all i a lot older than i am. that has all changed. you are in oblivion and now you are not and they have taken a

real hammering. and some decent representatives have lost their seats. riff representatives have lost their seats. , ,, ., , ., seats. of course, i know this from ersonal seats. of course, i know this from personal experience. _ seats. of course, i know this from personal experience. being - seats. of course, i know this from personal experience. being an - seats. of course, i know this from personal experience. being an mp seats. of course, i know this from - personal experience. being an mp and losing my seat in 2015, of course there will be individual rising and falling of political parties. we are all human beings at the end of the day and lots of people in scotland and across the uk will have lost theirjobs last night. and even more than that, all their staff are likely to have lost their jobs than that, all their staff are likely to have lost theirjobs as well. on a human level, of course i feel a degree of sympathy. but i also recognise we have a mandate for change and we have to start the work right now to start to deliver on that change. right now to start to deliver on that change-— right now to start to deliver on that change. look at the house of commons as _ that change. look at the house of commons as a — that change. look at the house of commons as a whole _ that change. look at the house of commons as a whole and - that change. look at the house of commons as a whole and in - that change. look at the house of- commons as a whole and in scotland, which is in terms of the policy, far more left of centre than other parts of the united kingdom. we are going to get looking at the lib dems and looking at labour, we are going to get a really left of centre, skewed house of commons. yet if we look at europe, things seem to be going in the other direction. have you got a quick analysis on that?— quick analysis on that? there is clearl a

quick analysis on that? there is clearly a rise — quick analysis on that? there is clearly a rise of— quick analysis on that? there is clearly a rise of the _ quick analysis on that? there is clearly a rise of the right - quick analysis on that? there is clearly a rise of the right acrossi clearly a rise of the right across mainstream europe and you can see it happening in the us as well. and i think we have turned the tide in the uk against the politics of division. and i hope the uk can be a beacon of hope actually for the rest of europe and, indeed, the rest of the world that we don't have to have this inevitable rise of the right. we can push them back and turn the tide and we can have governments that work for working people, rather than seek to put community against community. i hope that we can be that beacon of hope. i hope that we can be that beacon of ho e. �* . , i hope that we can be that beacon of ho e, �* .,, ., i hope that we can be that beacon of hoe. . . . , i hope that we can be that beacon of hoe. . ., . , , hope. anas sarwar, incredible result for ou, hope. anas sarwar, incredible result foryou. thank— hope. anas sarwar, incredible result for you, thank you _ hope. anas sarwar, incredible result for you, thank you for _ hope. anas sarwar, incredible result for you, thank you for being - hope. anas sarwar, incredible result for you, thank you for being with - for you, thank you for being with us. thank you for you guys. studio: nicky campbell in glasgow, thank you very much. while you are speaking, the heavens opened here in westminster. torrential rain here. let's go to downing street now. laura kuenssberg is there, where everybody has been waiting. you have your umbrella down now. i havejust your umbrella down now. i have just put it down, but i definitely had it up, sophie. there

were thunderclaps overhead in downing street. and there are labour representatives here in downing street, some of their communications and events teams might be walking in here for the first time and they are trying to prepare for the biggest moment of their professional careers. down the bottom of downing street, it appears there are some activists or pre—selected campaign supporters starting to turn up perhaps to be here so that keir starmer can ape the arrival of tony blair in downing street and walk and surrounded by people, rather than swishing in in his new prime ministerial armoured jaguar. we will have to see exactly how they play it and exactly what happens with the weather. but i can tell you they have taken weather. but i can tell you they have ta ken careful weather. but i can tell you they have taken careful preparations after the soggy beginning of the departure of rishi sunak. if we can show you the other shot of downing street down the bottom, there are people holding unionjack umbrellas. so even if it is chucking it down when keir starmer arrives, they will still get those images with him surrounded by unionjack�*s as we have seen so often during the

campaign, even if they are the union jack you put up over your head to keep your hair dry. thank you. it is getting very congested in downing street but still no sign of our new prime minister as buckingham palace. i ministeras buckingham palace. i reckon he is waiting for the weather. there is a glimpse of blue sky or maybe they are driving around waiting until they get a bit more. we arejoined in waiting until they get a bit more. we are joined in the studio by tom baldwin, sir keir starmer's biographer, who like alistair campbell has also been awake all night, no sleep at all? i am sliuhtl night, no sleep at all? i am slightly younger— night, no sleep at all? i am slightly younger than - night, no sleep at all? i am slightly younger than him. i slightly younger than him. laughter you have spent a lot of time with a sir keir starmer, you know him very well. there are a lot of people who still have no idea who keir starmer is as a man. tell us. i still have no idea who keir starmer is as a man. tell us.— is as a man. tell us. i think he is an unusual _ is as a man. tell us. i think he is an unusual politician, _ is as a man. tell us. i think he is an unusual politician, someone i is as a man. tell us. i think he is i an unusual politician, someone who does _ an unusual politician, someone who does not _ an unusual politician, someone who does not conform to the stereotype of big _ does not conform to the stereotype of big speeches, tight back story,

the vision — of big speeches, tight back story, the vision. he is someone who spent three _ the vision. he is someone who spent three decades as a lawyer. he learned — three decades as a lawyer. he learned his political, his speaking style. _ learned his political, his speaking style. his — learned his political, his speaking style, his identity elsewhere. he is an outsider— style, his identity elsewhere. he is an outsider in that sense. but unlike — an outsider in that sense. but unlike lots of other outsiders who come _ unlike lots of other outsiders who come into— unlike lots of other outsiders who come into politics he doesn't go the populist _ come into politics he doesn't go the populist route of drain the swamp, he wants— populist route of drain the swamp, he wants politics to be more serious, _ he wants politics to be more serious, not less, politics to be more _ serious, not less, politics to be more factual, arguments to be better, — more factual, arguments to be better, based on evidence and reason, — better, based on evidence and reason, ratherthan better, based on evidence and reason, rather than this shrill polarising _ reason, rather than this shrill polarising divisive debate that we have had — polarising divisive debate that we have had for so long in recent years — have had for so long in recent ears. u, have had for so long in recent ears. ., ., have had for so long in recent ears. ., , years. he came to politics very late, 2015 _ years. he came to politics very late, 2015 he _ years. he came to politics very late, 2015 he became - years. he came to politics very late, 2015 he became an - years. he came to politics very late, 2015 he became an mp. i years. he came to politics very i late, 2015 he became an mp. 852. years. he came to politics very - late, 2015 he became an mp. 852. he is now 61, late, 2015 he became an mp. 852. he is now 61. a — late, 2015 he became an mp. 852. he is now 61, a hole in a career before that. i have heard you say before he doesn't really like the whole westminster bubble atmosphere. i think he came into politics i was rather— think he came into politics i was rather taken aback byjust how shallow— rather taken aback byjust how shallow and shrill it was. he came in because —

shallow and shrill it was. he came in because he thought he was going to be _ in because he thought he was going to be attorney general in ed miliband'sjudgments, probably the miliband's judgments, probably the biggest _ miliband'sjudgments, probably the biggest political misjudgment he has made _ biggest political misjudgment he has made he _ biggest political misjudgment he has made. he said to me once that he thinks _ made. he said to me once that he thinks the — made. he said to me once that he thinks the last nine years, he has achieved — thinks the last nine years, he has achieved less than at any other time in his— achieved less than at any other time in his life. _ achieved less than at any other time in his life, because for him, the reason — in his life, because for him, the reason he — in his life, because for him, the reason he came in was to take decisions _ reason he came in was to take decisions in government. can't wait to get— decisions in government. can't wait to get there — decisions in government. can't wait to get there and roll up his sleeves _ to get there and roll up his sleeves. by lunchtime you will see pictures— sleeves. by lunchtime you will see pictures of— sleeves. by lunchtime you will see pictures of him at the cabinet table. — pictures of him at the cabinet table, sleeves rolled up. really determined to show that change has already— determined to show that change has already begun. sir determined to show that change has already begun-— already begun. sir keir starmer's colleagues _ already begun. sir keir starmer's colleagues and _ already begun. sir keir starmer's colleagues and supporters - already begun. sir keir starmer'si colleagues and supporters arriving in downing street, umbrellas up, rain coming down. they are all on one side, desperate to get back inside number ten and start work. we have been hearing. before that can happen the formalities need to be concluded at the palace and sir keir

starmer needs to go through that kissing hand ceremony where he formally accepts the invitation to formally accepts the invitation to form a government from his majesty the king. form a government from his ma'esty the kinu. ., ., form a government from his ma'esty the king. laura kuenssberg is in downina the king. laura kuenssberg is in downing street. _ the king. laura kuenssberg is in downing street. not _ the king. laura kuenssberg is in downing street. not the - the king. laura kuenssberg is in downing street. not the flags i the king. laura kuenssberg is in i downing street. not the flags that are being waved that we saw in 1997 but plenty of unionjacks as they approach you a downing street. i told you about the union jack ombra —— umbrellas. lots of support is coming — —— umbrellas. lots of support is coming into— —— umbrellas. lots of support is coming into downing street, i am not sure if— coming into downing street, i am not sure if they— coming into downing street, i am not sure if they will make them all stand there in the rain until keir starmer— stand there in the rain until keir starmer arrives at buckingham palace, — starmer arrives at buckingham palace, had his meeting with the cane _ palace, had his meeting with the cane who — palace, had his meeting with the cane. who knows how long that's my take? _ cane. who knows how long that's my take? i_ cane. who knows how long that's my take? i imagine they will want to have _ take? i imagine they will want to have a _ take? i imagine they will want to have a serious conversation, it could — have a serious conversation, it could take _ have a serious conversation, it could take some time. with all of these _ could take some time. with all of these people here stand in the rain while _ these people here stand in the rain while that— these people here stand in the rain while that procedure is carried out? it while that procedure is carried out? it appears _ while that procedure is carried out? it appears that they probably are but they— it appears that they probably are but they are putting them all there into place. — but they are putting them all there into place, no doubt checking what the camera — into place, no doubt checking what the camera shots will look like, but

those _ the camera shots will look like, but those images that will be captured for ever— those images that will be captured for ever for posterity. those moments _ for ever for posterity. those moments when sir keir starmer will be captured taking his party back to power. _ be captured taking his party back to power, having lost an election after election— power, having lost an election after election after election after election, becoming only the seventh labour— election, becoming only the seventh labour prime minister in the party's entire _ labour prime minister in the party's entire history. however, i do fear that these — entire history. however, i do fear that these people might all be rather— that these people might all be rather soggy if they have to wait here _ rather soggy if they have to wait here for— rather soggy if they have to wait here for the whole time. but no doubt _ here for the whole time. but no doubt in — here for the whole time. but no doubt in the labour movement there is a profound sense ofjoy this morning — is a profound sense ofjoy this morning at what has been achieved. i think also— morning at what has been achieved. i think also among some people still a sense _ think also among some people still a sense of— think also among some people still a sense of disbelief. a member of the shadow— sense of disbelief. a member of the shadow cabinet, soon i imagine to be a cabinet _ shadow cabinet, soon i imagine to be a cabinet minister, said to me, i will only— a cabinet minister, said to me, i will only believe it when i believe it and _ will only believe it when i believe it and l'm — will only believe it when i believe it and i'm not sure i really do yet. ithink— it and i'm not sure i really do yet. i think the — it and i'm not sure i really do yet. i think the sense of achievement may only be _ i think the sense of achievement may only be sinking in in some labour minds. _ only be sinking in in some labour minds. but — only be sinking in in some labour minds, but certain that labour hearts— minds, but certain that labour hearts this morning will be elated. no question keir starmer and his

team _ no question keir starmer and his team are — no question keir starmer and his team are underany no question keir starmer and his team are under any illusion of the challenge — team are under any illusion of the challenge that lies ahead of them. they have — challenge that lies ahead of them. they have been preparing very carefully — they have been preparing very carefully for months now, they have had a _ carefully for months now, they have had a form — carefully for months now, they have had a form a — carefully for months now, they have had a form a period of what are called _ had a form a period of what are called transition and access talks with civil— called transition and access talks with civil servants making their plans _ with civil servants making their plans and — with civil servants making their plans and we fully expect him to get down _ plans and we fully expect him to get down to— plans and we fully expect him to get down to business after the ceremonials at the palace and his arrival— ceremonials at the palace and his arrival here, claiming the downing street— arrival here, claiming the downing street door and let turn as his own for the _ street door and let turn as his own for the first — street door and let turn as his own for the first time. —— the lecturn. we don't — for the first time. —— the lecturn. we don't expect any surprises in terms _ we don't expect any surprises in terms of— we don't expect any surprises in terms of the cabinet although remember two province members, jonathan _ remember two province members, jonathan ashworth and thangam debbonaire lost their seats overnight so we just have to find a couple _ overnight so we just have to find a couple of — overnight so we just have to find a couple of extra pieces. i met in the first meeting of the cabinet is likely— first meeting of the cabinet is likely at— first meeting of the cabinet is likely at tomorrow morning and it is also expected that labour will, as we have _ also expected that labour will, as we have reported a few times in the last month — we have reported a few times in the last month or so, we expect they

will slightly extend the session of parliament. in other words, will slightly extend the session of parliament. in otherwords, once they— parliament. in otherwords, once they get— parliament. in otherwords, once they get going and put their plans forward _ they get going and put their plans forward in — they get going and put their plans forward in the king's speech on the 17th of— forward in the king's speech on the 17th ofjuly, — forward in the king's speech on the 17th ofjuly, we expect they will cut short — 17th ofjuly, we expect they will cut short westminster's summer break somewhat— cut short westminster's summer break somewhat in— cut short westminster's summer break somewhat in order to get cracking because _ somewhat in order to get cracking because that is what they want to do. because that is what they want to do i_ because that is what they want to do ialso— because that is what they want to do. i also think part of that is a sense — do. i also think part of that is a sense on— do. i also think part of that is a sense on behalf of the labour leader's— sense on behalf of the labour leader's team that they want to show to the _ leader's team that they want to show to the country that they are not hanging — to the country that they are not hanging around, they want to show they are _ hanging around, they want to show they are serious, and from a political— they are serious, and from a political point of view, knowing there _ political point of view, knowing there is— political point of view, knowing there is a — political point of view, knowing there is a real sense of cynicism out in _ there is a real sense of cynicism out in the — there is a real sense of cynicism out in the public, labour politicians talk about it all the time, — politicians talk about it all the time, they talked about it often as their number one enemy while the tories _ their number one enemy while the tories were — their number one enemy while the tories were making so many mistakes, one of— tories were making so many mistakes, one of the _ tories were making so many mistakes, one of the big challenges was proving — one of the big challenges was proving to the public that governments can be a force for good. in governments can be a force for good. in other— governments can be a force for good. in other words, that governments can actually— in other words, that governments can actually get _ in other words, that governments can actually get anything done. in terms of a message to the country of getting — of a message to the country of getting cracking and a desire to get things— getting cracking and a desire to get things done, labour i think will be doing _ things done, labour i think will be doing everything in this first period —

doing everything in this first period in— doing everything in this first period in government notjust to get going _ period in government notjust to get going behind closed doors but to persuade — going behind closed doors but to persuade and demonstrate to the public— persuade and demonstrate to the public they can do that. a senior figure _ public they can do that. a senior figure in— public they can do that. a senior figure in keir starmer's team said to me _ figure in keir starmer's team said to me last— figure in keir starmer's team said to me last week, we think we will have _ to me last week, we think we will have to _ to me last week, we think we will have to show our working, demonstrate to the public how they are working on their behalf, and shown— are working on their behalf, and shown to — are working on their behalf, and shown to the public that those who voted _ shown to the public that those who voted for _ shown to the public that those who voted for them this time did the right— voted for them this time did the right thing in their view. interesting, even in the early hours of this— interesting, even in the early hours of this morning, when keir starmer was speaking at the turbine hall at tate modern on the other side of the rivei’, _ tate modern on the other side of the river, he _ tate modern on the other side of the river, he suggested very much that he would _ river, he suggested very much that he would have in mind notjust those who voted _ he would have in mind notjust those who voted for labour this time around — who voted for labour this time around but also everyone in the country — around but also everyone in the country who voted for whichever party _ country who voted for whichever party they — country who voted for whichever party they chose. maybe even people who stayed at home and didn't vote at all— who stayed at home and didn't vote at all stop— who stayed at home and didn't vote at all stop we can see his most ardent— at all stop we can see his most ardent supporters, some of them are even bringing babies, some good old—fashioned campaigning, some children— old—fashioned campaigning, some children being brought into downing street, _ children being brought into downing street, a _ children being brought into downing street, a little girl running along that they— street, a little girl running along that they are to be present at this

moment— that they are to be present at this moment of— that they are to be present at this moment of history. this scene is absolutely— moment of history. this scene is absolutely being carefully set and staged _ absolutely being carefully set and staged by the labour party here, wanting — staged by the labour party here, wanting to paint a picture of the kind of— wanting to paint a picture of the kind of image keir starmer wants to associate _ kind of image keir starmer wants to associate with his leadership, perhaps— associate with his leadership, perhaps the kind of country he wants to reflect _ perhaps the kind of country he wants to reflect during his time as prime minister — to reflect during his time as prime minister. but his arrival here is still some _ minister. but his arrival here is still some way off. there is one of his senior— still some way off. there is one of his senior colleagues, welsh labour mp. his senior colleagues, welsh labour mp we _ his senior colleagues, welsh labour mp. we will be right here in downing street, _ mp. we will be right here in downing street, whether or not the rain is on or— street, whether or not the rain is on or off, — street, whether or not the rain is on or off, with the unionjack umbrellas _ on or off, with the unionjack umbrellas aloft or fold it down, but not until— umbrellas aloft or fold it down, but not until sir— umbrellas aloft or fold it down, but not until sir keir starmer has arrived — not until sir keir starmer has arrived at _ not until sir keir starmer has arrived at the palace, had his conversation with the king and swept back here _ conversation with the king and swept back here into power.— back here into power. laura, thank ou. we back here into power. laura, thank you- we will _ back here into power. laura, thank you. we will stay _ back here into power. laura, thank you. we will stay on _ back here into power. laura, thank you. we will stay on those - back here into power. laura, thank you. we will stay on those picturesi you. we will stay on those pictures but just to say we have alistair campbell here, the aqua slip through all of this in 1997 and also sir keir starmer's biographer tom baldwin, who also worked in labour party communications —— alistair

campbell lived through all of this. alistair, we all remember the tony blair arrival in downing street in 1997. this looks like a wetter affair but it is about setting the tone. bi]! affair but it is about setting the tone. �* ., , affair but it is about setting the tone. . . , ., affair but it is about setting the tone. . . , . ., tone. all the flags waving and stuff. nobody _ tone. all the flags waving and stuff. nobody can _ tone. all the flags waving and stuff. nobody can do - tone. all the flags waving and i stuff. nobody can do anything tone. all the flags waving and - stuff. nobody can do anything about the weather, it is raining, the bad news _ the weather, it is raining, the bad news but — the weather, it is raining, the bad news but manageable. i think what they want— news but manageable. i think what they want to do, every time keir has spoken— they want to do, every time keir has spoken in— they want to do, every time keir has spoken in this campaign there are always— spoken in this campaign there are always people behind him, showing that he _ always people behind him, showing that he is— always people behind him, showing that he is a — always people behind him, showing that he is a leader of people. it is impossible — that he is a leader of people. it is impossible not to be excited if you are a _ impossible not to be excited if you are a labour supporter, impossible not to— are a labour supporter, impossible not to feel— are a labour supporter, impossible not to feel a sense of relief that the tories — not to feel a sense of relief that the tories have gone and a joy that labour— the tories have gone and a joy that labour are — the tories have gone and a joy that labour are back in. and so you are seeing _ labour are back in. and so you are seeing people arriving in downing street— seeing people arriving in downing street who are party supporters, personal _ street who are party supporters, personal friends of keir starmer, some _ personal friends of keir starmer, some of— personal friends of keir starmer, some of whom i'm sure tom has

interviewed _ some of whom i'm sure tom has interviewed for his excellent biography. i do mean that, i think his biography. ! do mean that, i think his book— biography. i do mean that, i think his book says so much about keir starmer— his book says so much about keir starmer that a lot of people don't yet know— starmer that a lot of people don't yet know and they will get to know because _ yet know and they will get to know because he will become such a high—profile political figure and there _ high—profile political figure and there is— high—profile political figure and there is a — high—profile political figure and there is a baby arriving. high-profile political figure and there is a baby arriving.- there is a baby arriving. strong arms, a there is a baby arriving. strong arms. a lot _ there is a baby arriving. strong arms, a lot of _ there is a baby arriving. strong arms, a lot of carrying. - there is a baby arriving. strong arms, a lot of carrying. i - there is a baby arriving. strong arms, a lot of carrying. i think| arms, a lot of carrying. i think that looks _ arms, a lot of carrying. i think that looks good. _ arms, a lot of carrying. i think that looks good. people - arms, a lot of carrying. i think i that looks good. people standing arms, a lot of carrying. i think - that looks good. people standing in the rain. _ that looks good. people standing in the rain, waiting for keir starmer, fewer— the rain, waiting for keir starmer, fewer umbrellas, very british. he will want fewer umbrellas, very british. will want his fewer umbrellas, very british. he: will want his moment in downing street. there was talk of him addressing the nation for the first time from inside downing street but i don't know if any other prime minister has done that, he will want the moment outside whatever the weather. i the moment outside whatever the weather. :, :, :, , :, weather. i would have thought so. on the way here — weather. i would have thought so. on the way here i — weather. i would have thought so. on the way here i was _ weather. i would have thought so. on the way here i was looking _ weather. i would have thought so. on the way here i was looking at... - the way here i was looking at... this— the way here i was looking at... this election has not had that much coverage _ this election has not had that much coverage around the well compared to previous— coverage around the well compared to previous ones but i was looking at the main — previous ones but i was looking at the main newspapers of the world and their websites as i was coming here. the scale _ their websites as i was coming here. the scale of— their websites as i was coming here. the scale of the victory. keir

starmer _ the scale of the victory. keir starmer is _ the scale of the victory. keir starmer is in the front page in france, — starmer is in the front page in france, germany, spain, the us. this is a big _ france, germany, spain, the us. this is a big moment. and, yeah, that door— is a big moment. and, yeah, that door is— is a big moment. and, yeah, that door is one — is a big moment. and, yeah, that door is one of the most famous doors in the _ door is one of the most famous doors in the world — door is one of the most famous doors inthe world i— door is one of the most famous doors in the world. i think you would rather— in the world. i think you would rather be _ in the world. i think you would rather be there as a new prime minister. — rather be there as a new prime minister, rain or not, then in that purpose—built covid press room that boris _ purpose—built covid press room that borisjohnson disgraced purpose—built covid press room that boris johnson disgraced so purpose—built covid press room that borisjohnson disgraced so much. one boris johnson disgraced so much. one ofthe boris johnson disgraced so much. one of the word borisjohnson disgraced so much. ie of the word that has been used about keir starmer this morning, speaking to a lot of people involved in politics, is ruthless. i get for the public, they see this guy during the campaign —— and yet for the public they see him during the campaign and he doesn't appear to be ruthless. does that would make sense to you? it does in that he changed his labour— it does in that he changed his labour party. _ it does in that he changed his labour party, turned - it does in that he changed his labour party, turned inside i it does in that he changed his. labour party, turned inside out it does in that he changed his- labour party, turned inside out at a rate of— labour party, turned inside out at a rate of knots — labour party, turned inside out at a rate of knots. he _ labour party, turned inside out at a rate of knots. he turned _ labour party, turned inside out at a rate of knots. he turned the - labour party, turned inside out at a rate of knots. he turned the party i rate of knots. he turned the party from _ rate of knots. he turned the party from one — rate of knots. he turned the party from one which _ rate of knots. he turned the party from one which faced _ rate of knots. he turned the party from one which faced its - rate of knots. he turned the party from one which faced its activistsi from one which faced its activists to one _ from one which faced its activists to one which _ from one which faced its activists to one which faced _ from one which faced its activists to one which faced out _ from one which faced its activists to one which faced out again - from one which faced its activists to one which faced out again to l from one which faced its activists l to one which faced out again to the british— to one which faced out again to the british people _ to one which faced out again to the british people and _ to one which faced out again to the british people and he _ to one which faced out again to the british people and he has - to one which faced out again to the british people and he has done - to one which faced out again to the british people and he has done it. british people and he has done it without— british people and he has done it without huge _ british people and he has done it without huge drum _ british people and he has done it without huge drum roll— british people and he has done it without huge drum roll or- british people and he has done it without huge drum roll or a - british people and he has done it. without huge drum roll or a fanfare. he has— without huge drum roll or a fanfare. he has done — without huge drum roll or a fanfare. he has done it — without huge drum roll or a fanfare. he has done it in _ without huge drum roll or a fanfare. he has done it in four— without huge drum roll or a fanfare. he has done it in four and _ without huge drum roll or a fanfare. he has done it in four and a - without huge drum roll or a fanfare. he has done it in four and a half- he has done it in four and a half years. _ he has done it in four and a half years, compared _ he has done it in four and a half years, compared to _ he has done it in four and a half years, compared to 14- he has done it in four and a half

years, compared to 14 years - he has done it in four and a half. years, compared to 14 years which he has done it in four and a half- years, compared to 14 years which is what _ years, compared to 14 years which is what it— years, compared to 14 years which is what it took— years, compared to 14 years which is what it took the _ years, compared to 14 years which is what it took the labour— years, compared to 14 years which is what it took the labour party - years, compared to 14 years which is what it took the labour party last - what it took the labour party last time _ what it took the labour party last time it— what it took the labour party last time it was— what it took the labour party last time it was in— what it took the labour party last time it was in opposition. - what it took the labour party last time it was in opposition.- what it took the labour party last time it was in opposition. there we to. time it was in opposition. there we no. the time it was in opposition. there we go- the car— time it was in opposition. there we go- the car is _ time it was in opposition. there we go. the car is going _ time it was in opposition. there we go. the car is going into _ time it was in opposition. there we go. the car is going into the - go. the car is going into the forecourt — go. the car is going into the forecourt of— go. the car is going into the forecourt of buckingham - go. the car is going into the - forecourt of buckingham palace. lets us go to jane hill. abs, forecourt of buckingham palace. lets us go to jane hill.— us go to jane hill. a flurry in the last few moments. _ last few moments. we didn't know, we haven't been told where keir starmer is travelling from but it looks like we finally have that arrival that we have been waiting for, and this is a significant moment. this is important constitutionally, a moment of history. the country has been technically without a prime minister for the last, what, 14 minutes or so? but we are now building up to the point where keir starmer, leader of the labour party, will meet the king, will be asked whether he can form a government, and will be appointed prime minister. daniela, explain who he is meeting? sir clive alderton, the _ explain who he is meeting? sir clive alderton, the principal _

explain who he is meeting? sir clive alderton, the principal private - alderton, the principal private secretary— alderton, the principal private secretary for the king and the queen, — secretary for the king and the queen, shaking hands with lady victoria, — queen, shaking hands with lady victoria, going into buckingham palace — victoria, going into buckingham palace. an interesting tidbit is that sir— palace. an interesting tidbit is that sir clive alderton and keir starmer— that sir clive alderton and keir starmer were sat next to each other in the _ starmer were sat next to each other in the state — starmer were sat next to each other in the state banquet that was he last week— in the state banquet that was he last week for the visiting japanese emperor— last week for the visiting japanese emperor and last week for the visiting japanese emperorand empress last week for the visiting japanese emperor and empress who did an interesting bit of information when you looked at the table plan that that is— you looked at the table plan that that is where the most powerful person — that is where the most powerful person in— that is where the most powerful person in the royal household chose to sit. _ person in the royal household chose to sit. next _ person in the royal household chose to sit, next to keir starmer. interesting decision perhaps. but they are — interesting decision perhaps. but they are now inside buckingham palace, — they are now inside buckingham palace, up to the private audience room: _ palace, up to the private audience room, where the king will meet keir starmer— room, where the king will meet keir starmer and ask him to form a government and become prime minister — government and become prime minister. , , :, , : minister. just as we were reflecting when rishi sunak _ minister. just as we were reflecting when rishi sunak was _ minister. just as we were reflecting when rishi sunak was in _ minister. just as we were reflecting when rishi sunak was in the - minister. just as we were reflecting when rishi sunak was in the palace i when rishi sunak was in the palace behind us, again, this is a private meeting. it behind us, again, this is a private meetint. , :, , behind us, again, this is a private meetint. , , , meeting. it is, nobody else in the room for the _ meeting. it is, nobody else in the room for the early _ meeting. it is, nobody else in the room for the early stages - meeting. it is, nobody else in the room for the early stages of - meeting. it is, nobody else in the room for the early stages of that| room for the early stages of that meeting — room for the early stages of that meeting while they have that discussion. keir starmer's wife, lady— discussion. keir starmer's wife, lady victoria, will go in in the

later— lady victoria, will go in in the later stages of the meeting. for the moment— later stages of the meeting. for the moment it _ later stages of the meeting. for the moment it isjust the king and the new prime — moment it isjust the king and the new prime minister. what will they talk about? hard to know, we don't know _ talk about? hard to know, we don't know in— talk about? hard to know, we don't know in the — talk about? hard to know, we don't know. in the past, in various autobiographies and things that have been written, this amount has been discussed _ been written, this amount has been discussed and harold wilson in 1964 said the _ discussed and harold wilson in 1964 said the thing that struck him about his moment was that suddenly he was prime _ his moment was that suddenly he was prime minister on the spot. it suddenly— prime minister on the spot. it suddenly happens in a moment. he described _ suddenly happens in a moment. he described feeling quite shocked about— described feeling quite shocked about that. gordon brown also talked about— about that. gordon brown also talked about this _ about that. gordon brown also talked about this moment when you went to see the _ about this moment when you went to see the late — about this moment when you went to see the late queen anne said once he had been _ see the late queen anne said once he had been asked to form a government, become _ had been asked to form a government, become prime minister, there was what _ become prime minister, there was what he _ become prime minister, there was what he described as a congenial and businesslike chat about his plans. i think— businesslike chat about his plans. i think we _ businesslike chat about his plans. i think we can expect the conversation to be _ think we can expect the conversation to be about — think we can expect the conversation to be about forming a government, building _ to be about forming a government, building a _ to be about forming a government, building a cabinet policy, priorities, short chat before keir starmer— priorities, short chat before keir starmer leaves to go to downing street _ starmer leaves to go to downing street. :, :, :, :, :, street. you do wonder what was going throu . h street. you do wonder what was going throu:h keir street. you do wonder what was going through keir starmer's _ street. you do wonder what was going through keir starmer's mind _ street. you do wonder what was going through keir starmer's mind on - street. you do wonder what was going through keir starmer's mind on that i through keir starmer's mind on that drive here to the palace. rishi sunak in his words outside number 10

in the last hour or so, there was quite a gracious reference to just how much one family's life is about to change. yes, it is an enormous job, time consuming job, to change. yes, it is an enormous job, time consumingjob, but to change. yes, it is an enormous job, time consuming job, but he is a man with two micro children who are still at school, he guides their privacy very closely, doesn't talk about their names, you don't see photos. this is a huge moment for them as a family and he is about to be formally told he is prime minister and then, as you say, his wife will come into the room for those final moments. it will be fascinating to know what on earth goes through your mind, however much you have thought about it and you have thought about it during the campaign on the run up as leader of the opposition, this is a real moment politically, constitutionally, but for them as a family. and the monarch is aware of that and made _ and the monarch is aware of that and made reference to that. it is highly likely— made reference to that. it is highly likely the _ made reference to that. it is highly likely the king will ask about that. there's— likely the king will ask about that. there's something about being driven through—

there's something about being driven through those central gates into the quadrangle of buckingham palace, going _ quadrangle of buckingham palace, going into the palace to meet the kin- going into the palace to meet the king that — going into the palace to meet the king that will really bring home 'ust king that will really bring home iust how— king that will really bring home just how public their life as husband and wife and family is going to be, _ husband and wife and family is going to be, however hard they will clearly — to be, however hard they will clearly work to protect their children— clearly work to protect their children and not have them involved in the _ children and not have them involved in the public side of their life, there — in the public side of their life, there is— in the public side of their life, there is still going to be an and interest— there is still going to be an and interest into this family. and they must _ interest into this family. and they must be _ interest into this family. and they must be feeling that and be very well aware of that as they head into buckingham palace and have their audience — buckingham palace and have their audience with the king today. do we know how well _ audience with the king today. do we know how well the _ audience with the king today. do we know how well the king _ audience with the king today. do we know how well the king knows - audience with the king today. ile,�* "ire know how well the king knows keir starmer? how many times would they have formally met, what do we know on that front? i have formally met, what do we know on that front?— on that front? i have asked the palace about _ on that front? i have asked the palace about that _ on that front? i have asked the palace about that this - on that front? i have asked the palace about that this week. i i on that front? i have asked the - palace about that this week. i don't palace about that this week. idon't think— palace about that this week. idon't think any— palace about that this week. i don't think any members of the royal family— think any members of the royal family no — think any members of the royal family no keir starmer particularly well, _ family no keir starmer particularly well, but _ family no keir starmer particularly well, but he has been involved in a number— well, but he has been involved in a number of— well, but he has been involved in a number of set piece occasions where he would _ number of set piece occasions where he would have come into contact with the king _ he would have come into contact with the king a _ he would have come into contact with the king a number of times, physically after the death of the queen — physically after the death of the queen. he had a number of meetings then with _

queen. he had a number of meetings then with the king. he also was part of various— then with the king. he also was part of various meetings around the coronation. he has been part of state _ coronation. he has been part of state visits. he has been part of the state — state visits. he has been part of the state opening of parliament. there _ the state opening of parliament. there will have been contact. and the prince — there will have been contact. and the prince of wales has a yearly meeting — the prince of wales has a yearly meeting with the leader of the opposition, so he will have had a meeting — opposition, so he will have had a meeting with keir starmer following a pattern— meeting with keir starmer following a pattern his father set over the years _ a pattern his father set over the years so — a pattern his father set over the years. so some contact. but it is now— years. so some contact. but it is now the — years. so some contact. but it is now the two— years. so some contact. but it is now the two men the king and the prime _ now the two men the king and the prime minister will have a chance to -et prime minister will have a chance to get to— prime minister will have a chance to get to know— prime minister will have a chance to get to know each other very well. just replaying those images of keir starmer and his wife arriving at buckingham palace in the last few moments. we have had torrential rain here for so much of the day at the palace. look at that. just as they walk in, that is the king's dog, goodness, the sun comes out! i am not saying anything by that, i'm just mentioning that is a group of people that have got to try gold standing here at buckingham palace today —— the king's door. now the sun is out as they go through. they are taken to the first floor where

the audience rumours and that is where that meeting will be going on right now, we assume. and this is something that the two men will now get used to. it is worth just reflecting again on the relationship between the monarch and the prime minister of the day. the monarch remains politically neutral and acts, history tells us anyway, as a sounding board. and we know many prime ministers have talked about valuing and welcoming that opportunity once a week whether it face—to—face or on the phone to chat with confidence. some have made, have said almost with a smile that it is lovely to have a conversation with someone who understands what you are going to ask prime minister and you know it will not be leaked. exactly. it is a private meeting and it is not— exactly. it is a private meeting and it is not leaked. and this is a king who has— it is not leaked. and this is a king who has some very strong views about the world _ who has some very strong views about the world. that vast experience he had as— the world. that vast experience he had as prince of wales and learning from his— had as prince of wales and learning from his mother as wales. he will have _ from his mother as wales. he will have a _ from his mother as wales. he will have a view— from his mother as wales. he will have a view and he will be

interested in what the prime minister— interested in what the prime minister has to say and i think he will want — minister has to say and i think he will want to be involved and understand how this new labour government forms and what its policy priorities— government forms and what its policy priorities are. for government forms and what its policy priorities are-— priorities are. for now, thank you so much, — priorities are. for now, thank you so much, daniela _ priorities are. for now, thank you so much, daniela relph. - so much, daniela relph. oursenior royal corresponded with me at the palace. more from you later. for now, that meeting is private and there are no cameras, so for now, we will hand you back tojohn and sophie. will hand you back to john and sohie. :, ~ will hand you back to john and sohie. :, ,, i. will hand you back to john and sohie. :, ~' ,, , will hand you back to john and sohie. :, ,, , : will hand you back to john and sohie. :, ~ ,, , : :, will hand you back to john and sohie. :, ~ , : :, :, sophie. thank you very much for now. we are in the — sophie. thank you very much for now. we are in the studio _ sophie. thank you very much for now. we are in the studio and _ sophie. thank you very much for now. we are in the studio and we _ sophie. thank you very much for now. we are in the studio and we will - we are in the studio and we will stay on those pictures of buckingham palace. we do expect sir keir starmer to be in there for at least another 25 minutes. we are in westminster with tom baldwin, sir keir starmer's biographer. and we arejoined again by our deputy political editor at vicki young. tom baldwin, we saw sir keir starmer go in with his wife lady victoria. a lot of people will not know very much about really either of them, but his wife has been very hidden during this campaign, hasn't she?

yes, she doesn't want to be a prop. she has— yes, she doesn't want to be a prop. she has a _ yes, she doesn't want to be a prop. she has a job — yes, she doesn't want to be a prop. she has ajob. she yes, she doesn't want to be a prop. she has a job. she works at a local hospital _ she has a job. she works at a local hospital. she wants to carry on working — hospital. she wants to carry on working at _ hospital. she wants to carry on working at the local hospital. she doesn't _ working at the local hospital. she doesn't want to be someone on the arm of— doesn't want to be someone on the arm of a _ doesn't want to be someone on the arm of a prime minister all the time — arm of a prime minister all the time if— arm of a prime minister all the time if it— arm of a prime minister all the time. if it is foreign visits, she will do — time. if it is foreign visits, she will do that— time. if it is foreign visits, she will do that and she will do what she has— will do that and she will do what she has to — will do that and she will do what she has to do, but she doesn't want to be _ she has to do, but she doesn't want to be a _ she has to do, but she doesn't want to be a kind — she has to do, but she doesn't want to be a kind of part of his brand. and now— to be a kind of part of his brand. and now the of them will let their kids be _ and now the of them will let their kids be part of their brand. they will not — kids be part of their brand. they will not use their names in public -- neither— will not use their names in public -- neither of— will not use their names in public —— neither of them. they will not allow— —— neither of them. they will not allow them — —— neither of them. they will not allow them to be photographed. it is really— allow them to be photographed. it is really important these teenage kids -et a really important these teenage kids get a chance to be proper teenagers without— get a chance to be proper teenagers without becoming public property. they are _ without becoming public property. they are 16 and 13 years old, a really difficult time to uproot your life and to move somewhere which is so in the public spotlight is downing street. it so in the public spotlight is downing street.— so in the public spotlight is downing street. so in the public spotlight is downint street. , , : a downing street. it is difficult. as keir starmer _ downing street. it is difficult. as keir starmer says, _ downing street. it is difficult. as keir starmer says, it _ downing street. it is difficult. as keir starmer says, it really - downing street. it is difficult. as| keir starmer says, it really keeps him up _ keir starmer says, it really keeps him up at — keir starmer says, it really keeps him up at night. he has had sleepless nights over this. he says that at— sleepless nights over this. he says that at that age, they should be getting —

that at that age, they should be getting up to all sorts and having a proper— getting up to all sorts and having a proper teenage time and it will be very difficult for them and he is worried — very difficult for them and he is worried about the impact on them. i think— worried about the impact on them. i think they— worried about the impact on them. i think they will find lots of ways to mitigate — think they will find lots of ways to mitigate that because that is so central— mitigate that because that is so central to— mitigate that because that is so central to their thoughts. i am just seeing _ central to their thoughts. i am just seeing him — central to their thoughts. i am just seeing him going into buckingham palace _ seeing him going into buckingham palace and one of the previous times he went— palace and one of the previous times he went in— palace and one of the previous times he went in was to get his knighthood and it— he went in was to get his knighthood and it was— he went in was to get his knighthood and it was unlikely, he is probally the most — and it was unlikely, he is probally the most working—class labour leader we have _ the most working—class labour leader we have had _ the most working—class labour leader we have had for a generation. the only one _ we have had for a generation. the only one to— we have had for a generation. the only one to have so prefixed to his name _ only one to have so prefixed to his name before he got it. he got knighted _ name before he got it. he got knighted for being head of the cps. when _ knighted for being head of the cps. when he _ knighted for being head of the cps. when he went for his knighthood, his dad rocked _ when he went for his knighthood, his dad rocked up with his mother he was very disabled in a battered car at those _ very disabled in a battered car at those gates with a great dane in the back _ those gates with a great dane in the back for— those gates with a great dane in the back. for his knighthood. eventually, they let him in and he has the _ eventually, they let him in and he has the footman, could you take the do- has the footman, could you take the dog for— has the footman, could you take the dog for a _ has the footman, could you take the dog for a walk? he needs exercise! the corgis — dog for a walk? he needs exercise! the corgis were out, the green's corgis _ the corgis were out, the green's corgis the — the corgis were out, the green's corgis. the footman didn't know what to do and _ corgis. the footman didn't know what to do and there was absolute chaos. -- the _ to do and there was absolute chaos. —— the queen's corgis. there was a

veneer— —— the queen's corgis. there was a veneer of— —— the queen's corgis. there was a veneer of the — —— the queen's corgis. there was a veneer of the slightly ramshackle background he comes from. his dad was a _ background he comes from. his dad was a character, a proper character. his mum _ was a character, a proper character. his mum was— was a character, a proper character. his mum was lovely, very ill for all of keir's _ his mum was lovely, very ill for all of keir's life~ — his mum was lovely, very ill for all of keir's life. but that sense of 'ust of keir's life. but that sense of just turning up. my son is getting knighted. — just turning up. my son is getting knighted, could you take the great dane for— knighted, could you take the great dane for a — knighted, could you take the great dane for a walk? i think they all had a _ dane for a walk? i think they all had a nice — dane for a walk? i think they all had a nice time that day. you can see the scenes _ had a nice time that day. you can see the scenes in _ had a nice time that day. you can see the scenes in downing - had a nice time that day. you can | see the scenes in downing street. flags are being handed out, the union flag, the flags of the individual nations of the united kingdom. the sun has come out come brollies are down. tom, what do you think keir starmer will be wanting to say to the united kingdom today, what tone will he want to set? some people were assuming he wouldn't want crowds and flags today. you might be doing it in a rather more austere wake dare i say it? == might be doing it in a rather more austere wake dare i say it?- austere wake dare i say it? -- he miaht austere wake dare i say it? -- he might be- — austere wake dare i say it? -- he might be. well, _ austere wake dare i say it? -- he might be. well, the _ austere wake dare i say it? -- he might be. well, the contrast - austere wake dare i say it? -- hei might be. well, the contrast with

those _ might be. well, the contrast with those pictures of tony blair in 1997, — those pictures of tony blair in 1997, that was a time the economy was going — 1997, that was a time the economy was going pretty well. benign inheritance internationally, it looks — inheritance internationally, it looks like liberal democracy had won in the _ looks like liberal democracy had won in the world. you now have these very— in the world. you now have these very dark — in the world. you now have these very dark skies. the weather today is a metaphor for the inheritance. you have — is a metaphor for the inheritance. you have an — is a metaphor for the inheritance. you have an economy which is absolutely broken. there is a rotting — absolutely broken. there is a rotting lettuce in the treasury fridge. — rotting lettuce in the treasury fridge, nasty stuff in the salad draw— fridge, nasty stuff in the salad draw dating back to liz truss. this is not _ draw dating back to liz truss. this is not the — draw dating back to liz truss. this is not the moment of a new dawn has broken _ is not the moment of a new dawn has broken and _ is not the moment of a new dawn has broken and things can only get better — broken and things can only get better. what he said last night was really _ better. what he said last night was really important. we have got to show _ really important. we have got to show that — really important. we have got to show that politics can make a difference. he said, this fight for trust _ difference. he said, this fight for trust now— difference. he said, this fight for trust now defines our age. notjust in this— trust now defines our age. notjust in this country, we are seeing it in france _ in this country, we are seeing it in france and — in this country, we are seeing it in france and the united states, this battle _ france and the united states, this battle that people want to divide and polarise and bring politics down~ — and polarise and bring politics down. and the kind of politics he represents— down. and the kind of politics he represents hopes and seeks to unite and bring _ represents hopes and seeks to unite and bring people together. and it is going _ and bring people together. and it is going to _ and bring people together. and it is going to be a big battle. the

battlefield is changing. reform are probably— battlefield is changing. reform are probably second place across the red wall and _ probably second place across the red wall and what is interesting talking to labour— wall and what is interesting talking to labour people in the last few days, _ to labour people in the last few days, they are already getting ready for the _ days, they are already getting ready for the next battle. they are far from _ for the next battle. they are far from taking away their armour and saying _ from taking away their armour and saying that — from taking away their armour and saying that we have won this election _ saying that we have won this election. hold on, there is a huge political— election. hold on, there is a huge political battle now, they are saying — political battle now, they are sa int. , ,, , political battle now, they are sa int. , , , , :, saying. despite the huge number of seats in the — saying. despite the huge number of seats in the big _ saying. despite the huge number of seats in the big majority, _ saying. despite the huge number of seats in the big majority, the - seats in the big majority, the reality is his share of the vote yesterday was 35%. so how does he carry the country with him? does he have the communication skills to do that? sometimes, ithink have the communication skills to do that? sometimes, i think people wonder whether he is as comfortable with the performance side of politics is somebody like tony blair was. :, , �* :, , �* ~ was. no, he isn't. he doesn't like the performance. _ was. no, he isn't. he doesn't like the performance. he _ was. no, he isn't. he doesn't like the performance. he likes- was. no, he isn't. he doesn't like the performance. he likes doing. | was. no, he isn't. he doesn't like. the performance. he likes doing. he always— the performance. he likes doing. he always likes a football metaphor. he says, _ always likes a football metaphor. he says. i_ always likes a football metaphor. he says. iwill— always likes a football metaphor. he says, i will do my talking on the pitch _ says, i will do my talking on the pitch if— says, i will do my talking on the pitch if i— says, i will do my talking on the pitch. if i can show that politics can fix — pitch. if i can show that politics can fix something, he cannot fix everything — can fix something, he cannot fix everything with a three word slogan,

but stop— everything with a three word slogan, but stop fixing things now, that will do — but stop fixing things now, that will do more to restore faith in politics— will do more to restore faith in politics and democracy than any fancy— politics and democracy than any fancy speech, any brilliant image. just showing he can get things done. ithink— just showing he can get things done. i think that _ just showing he can get things done. i think that is his priority, get stuff— i think that is his priority, get stuff done. i think that is his priority, get stuff done-— i think that is his priority, get stuff done. :, :, :, ,, stuff done. you did to say he talked about running _ stuff done. you did to say he talked about running for— stuff done. you did to say he talked about running for parliament - stuff done. you did to say he talked about running for parliament for i stuff done. you did to say he talked| about running for parliament for the first time and he said afterwards that he did not really enjoy it because he had not realised how much was about self—promotion and it is not something that came easily to him. that's all well and good, but there is an issue as prime minister because in this day and age and labour probably has not governed in the blitz of social media, you do have to be able to communicate. it is all very well achieving things, but you still have to communicate things and it is a huge part of the job he will have to get used to, along with the scrutiny that comes with that as well. fline along with the scrutiny that comes with that as well.— with that as well. one thing about him is if he _ with that as well. one thing about him is if he recognises _ with that as well. one thing about him is if he recognises a - with that as well. one thing about him is if he recognises a deficit, i him is if he recognises a deficit, he will— him is if he recognises a deficit, he will correct it. he knows he will never _ he will correct it. he knows he will never be _ he will correct it. he knows he will never be the best speaker in the world _ never be the best speaker in the world and — never be the best speaker in the world and the best performer at pmos, — world and the best performer at pmqs, another thing he doesn't like about— pmqs, another thing he doesn't like

about politics, but he will do it. compare — about politics, but he will do it. compare speeches now to four years a-o, compare speeches now to four years ago, they— compare speeches now to four years ago, they are much, much better. and he is relentless. he is not a natural, _ he is relentless. he is not a natural, but he will work hard to -et natural, but he will work hard to get to _ natural, but he will work hard to get to a — natural, but he will work hard to get to a place where he can do what is necessary — get to a place where he can do what is necessary. but he doesn't think that he _ is necessary. but he doesn't think that he should be judged as a prime minister— that he should be judged as a prime minister by questions like, what is your favourite chocolate biscuit? which _ your favourite chocolate biscuit? which stock do you put on first? he shows— which stock do you put on first? he shows irritability about those questions in his campaign. he wants politics— questions in his campaign. he wants politics to _ questions in his campaign. he wants politics to be serious. and there is a battle _ politics to be serious. and there is a battle of— politics to be serious. and there is a battle of wills now not just between populism and democracy if you like. _ between populism and democracy if you like, but with a media that has been _ you like, but with a media that has been addicted to drama and spectacle. and whether you can have this politics _ spectacle. and whether you can have this politics which sheds —— treads are more — this politics which sheds —— treads are more likely on people's lives. in are more likely on people's lives. in my— are more likely on people's lives. in my book, — are more likely on people's lives. in my book, i say so much of politics— in my book, i say so much of politics has— in my book, i say so much of politics has been crowd pleasing stuff~ _ politics has been crowd pleasing stuff. borisjohnson gathered politics has been crowd pleasing stuff. boris johnson gathered a politics has been crowd pleasing stuff. borisjohnson gathered a huge crowd _ stuff. borisjohnson gathered a huge crowd around him and he set fire to some _ crowd around him and he set fire to some of— crowd around him and he set fire to some of the — crowd around him and he set fire to some of the things we value most in this country — some of the things we value most in this country. by contrast, starmer always— this country. by contrast, starmer always talks about building blocks.

one on _ always talks about building blocks. one on top of the other. he and labour have not maybe have the scrutiny they expected being in opposition because the conservatives for all the wrong reasons have really sucked attention towards themselves and their infighting and all the rest of it. it does mean labour have been unchallenged and that will be something new as well. if anyone from the labour party campaign — if anyone from the labour party campaign was here, they would not have felt— campaign was here, they would not have felt unchallenged. they had endless — have felt unchallenged. they had endless stories. some more substantial than us, about tax and spend _ substantial than us, about tax and spend and — substantial than us, about tax and spend and their plans. what they have _ spend and their plans. what they have done — spend and their plans. what they have done is extraordinary in this campaign — have done is extraordinary in this campaign. they have not dropped the ball. campaign. they have not dropped the ball i_ campaign. they have not dropped the ball l have _ campaign. they have not dropped the ball. i have been part of campaigns where _ ball. i have been part of campaigns where we _ ball. i have been part of campaigns where we dropped the ball. the ming vase, as everyone _ where we dropped the ball. the ming vase, as everyone has _ where we dropped the ball. the ming vase, as everyone has referred - where we dropped the ball. the ming vase, as everyone has referred to. i vase, as everyone has referred to. keir said to me on the plane early in the _ keir said to me on the plane early in the campaign, i have been carrying— in the campaign, i have been carrying this vase around, i am not going _ carrying this vase around, i am not going to _ carrying this vase around, i am not going to stopjuggling it now. i am not going — going to stopjuggling it now. i am not going to do that. he has not and it is a _ not going to do that. he has not and it is a huge — not going to do that. he has not and it is a huge achievement of his team and everyone around him that they have got— and everyone around him that they have got through this campaign and

it is a _ have got through this campaign and it is a white — have got through this campaign and it is a white light of scrutiny, it is eviscerating and they have not screwed — is eviscerating and they have not screwed up and i think it is amazing _ screwed up and i think it is amazing. it is part of their process, _ amazing. it is part of their process, they are methodical to everything. going back to the metaphor about building blocks, it is really— metaphor about building blocks, it is really important people don't find watching someone put one building — find watching someone put one building block on top of each other exciting, _ building block on top of each other exciting, it — building block on top of each other exciting, it is not inspirational. it exciting, it is not inspirational. it is _ exciting, it is not inspirational. it is boring _ exciting, it is not inspirational. it is boring. turn your back and come _ it is boring. turn your back and come back— it is boring. turn your back and come back later and he has built a house _ come back later and he has built a house and — come back later and he has built a house and that is different. when ou have house and that is different. when you have built— house and that is different. when you have built this _ house and that is different. when you have built this campaign - house and that is different. �*mei you have built this campaign and change, he now has to deliver change and deliver change fast. that will be a huge challenge. i and deliver change fast. that will be a huge challenge.— and deliver change fast. that will be a huge challenge. i think that is a realtension. _ be a huge challenge. i think that is a realtension. he _ be a huge challenge. i think that is a real tension. he talks _ be a huge challenge. i think that is a real tension. he talks about - a real tension. he talks about long—term and no more sticking plaster— long—term and no more sticking plaster solution is. but they will need _ plaster solution is. but they will need some short—term stuffjust to -et need some short—term stuffjust to get to— need some short—term stuffjust to get to grow. otherwise, you have to make _ get to grow. otherwise, you have to make spending cuts or tax rises. they— make spending cuts or tax rises. they don't— make spending cuts or tax rises. they don't want to do either. they think— they don't want to do either. they think their— they don't want to do either. they think their relentless approach, they can — think their relentless approach, they can do it. but it means you have _ they can do it. but it means you have to — they can do it. but it means you have to do — they can do it. but it means you have to do stuff which doesn't necessarily look long—term. get rid of lots _ necessarily look long—term. get rid of lots of _ necessarily look long—term. get rid of lots of regulations and do business _ of lots of regulations and do business friendly staff in that short— business friendly staff in that short term, while also putting in

place _ short term, while also putting in place a — short term, while also putting in place a long—term to make to the economy — place a long—term to make to the economy. the skills changes, the infrastructure changes. and that is something — infrastructure changes. and that is something that has not entirely been resolved _ something that has not entirely been resolved in _ something that has not entirely been resolved in terms of presentation over the — resolved in terms of presentation over the next few months. because eo - le over the next few months. because --eole are over the next few months. because people are going — over the next few months. because people are going to _ over the next few months. because people are going to be _ over the next few months. because people are going to be a _ over the next few months. because people are going to be a patient, i people are going to be a patient, they want change and they want more dentists, they want more teachers, they want to have what they have been promised, the people who have voted for labour. and all of those things they are promising, cutting waiting lists, it takes an awful lot of time. �* :, , �* waiting lists, it takes an awful lot oftime. �* :, , �* :, , waiting lists, it takes an awful lot oftime. �* :, , �* :, of time. but it doesn't always take mone . of time. but it doesn't always take money- think _ of time. but it doesn't always take money. think of _ of time. but it doesn't always take money. think of the _ of time. but it doesn't always take money. think of the things - of time. but it doesn't always take money. think of the things tony i money. think of the things tony blair's _ money. think of the things tony blair's government did in that first term _ blair's government did in that first term that — blair's government did in that first term that we remember now. the good friday— term that we remember now. the good friday agreement. the minimum wage. devolution _ friday agreement. the minimum wage. devolution. they were not about spending — devolution. they were not about spending money, they were changing the way— spending money, they were changing the way government relates to people — the way government relates to people i— the way government relates to people. i think next quite a lot of stuff— people. i think next quite a lot of stuff they— people. i think next quite a lot of stuff they can do which is not about spending _ stuff they can do which is not about spending money in the first instance. spending money in the first instance-— spending money in the first instance. : :, , :, ~' instance. and do you think he will surrise instance. and do you think he will surprise us _ instance. and do you think he will surprise us on _ instance. and do you think he will surprise us on monday? - instance. and do you think he will surprise us on monday? are - instance. and do you think he will surprise us on monday? are we i instance. and do you think he will. surprise us on monday? are we are going to get some big radical announcements that they have not spoken of yet, but they can now do?

keirstarmer keir starmer will do the obvious things— keir starmer will do the obvious things and if that doesn't work he will become more pragmatic for obvious— will become more pragmatic for obvious reasons. no grand vision, that is— obvious reasons. no grand vision, that is not— obvious reasons. no grand vision, that is not his style. it is about getting — that is not his style. it is about getting outcomes. when he was in charge _ getting outcomes. when he was in charge of— getting outcomes. when he was in charge of the cps, one of the reforms — charge of the cps, one of the reforms he was proudest of was moving — reforms he was proudest of was moving from paper to digital files. you will— moving from paper to digital files. you will never get headlines with that sort — you will never get headlines with that sort of stuff but it produced better— that sort of stuff but it produced better outcomes. fewer files lost, cases _ better outcomes. fewer files lost, cases came — better outcomes. fewer files lost, cases came to court more quickly. that— cases came to court more quickly. that is— cases came to court more quickly. that is a _ cases came to court more quickly. that is a kind of reform which makes a difference — that is a kind of reform which makes a difference to people's lives. he made a difference to people's lives. made cuts. a difference to people's lives. he made cuts. david _ a difference to people's lives. he made cuts. david cameron - a difference to people's lives. he made cuts. david cameron and i a difference to people's lives. he - made cuts. david cameron and george osborne's austerity _ made cuts. david cameron and george osborne's austerity and _ made cuts. david cameron and george osborne's austerity and some - made cuts. david cameron and george osborne's austerity and some he - osborne's austerity and some he thought— osborne's austerity and some he thought were good and made the service _ thought were good and made the service more efficient and they are 25. service more efficient and they are 25 one _ service more efficient and they are 25 one of— service more efficient and they are 25. one of the reasons he went into politics _ 25. one of the reasons he went into politics he— 25. one of the reasons he went into politics. he wanted to get his hands on the _ politics. he wanted to get his hands on the levers of power to change the laws rather _ on the levers of power to change the laws rather thanjust implement them and he _ laws rather thanjust implement them and he has _ laws rather thanjust implement them and he has waited nine years to do it and _ and he has waited nine years to do it and found — and he has waited nine years to do it and found it the most frustrating period _ it and found it the most frustrating

period of— it and found it the most frustrating period of his life. he says i have achieved — period of his life. he says i have achieved less in these nine years any other— achieved less in these nine years any other time achieved less in these nine years any othertime in achieved less in these nine years any other time in my life. this is the moment he has been waiting for, to get— the moment he has been waiting for, to get in— the moment he has been waiting for, to get in there and start taking decisions — to get in there and start taking decisions which change lives. how do ou think decisions which change lives. how do you think you — decisions which change lives. how do you think you will— decisions which change lives. how do you think you will cope _ decisions which change lives. how do you think you will cope with - decisions which change lives. how do you think you will cope with the - you think you will cope with the pressure? he has said in the past, if i can't be the best i will leave it in the cupboard. he is a really competitive man. how will he cope with the pressure once he has walked through that door in the next hour orso through that door in the next hour or so when he really has to deliver? it cannot let himself or anyone else down. :, . , it cannot let himself or anyone else down. :, :, , , :, :, down. you have this weird situation where ou down. you have this weird situation where you have _ down. you have this weird situation where you have this _ down. you have this weird situation where you have this eviscerating i where you have this eviscerating six-week— where you have this eviscerating six—week campaign, exhaust our new prime _ six—week campaign, exhaust our new prime minister and say, right, govan — prime minister and say, right, govan. what he is is competitive and he will— govan. what he is is competitive and he will always get ready for the next _ he will always get ready for the next challenge head —— right, govern — next challenge head —— right, govern i_ next challenge head —— right, govern. i have spent time over the last 72 _ govern. i have spent time over the last 72 hours — govern. i have spent time over the last 72 hours watching closely and for a _ last 72 hours watching closely and for a lot _ last 72 hours watching closely and for a lot of — last 72 hours watching closely and for a lot of time he was looking out of the _ for a lot of time he was looking out of the window of the plane, very contemplative, on his own. as you

are saying — contemplative, on his own. as you are saying that _ contemplative, on his own. as you are saying that we _ contemplative, on his own. as you are saying that we are _ contemplative, on his own. as you are saying that we are about - contemplative, on his own. as you are saying that we are about to i contemplative, on his own. as you i are saying that we are about to show you... we have a photograph here, the first image of the sir keir starmer with king charles. i can see it, you will see it in the moment. keep telling us about the last 72 hours. there is an image that has just been released and it is sir keir starmer shaking hands with king charles a short time ago. that will be quite a moment for him. iiere charles a short time ago. that will be quite a moment for him. here we io, be quite a moment for him. here we to, we be quite a moment for him. here we go. we have — be quite a moment for him. here we go. we have the _ be quite a moment for him. here we go, we have the image _ be quite a moment for him. here we go, we have the image just - be quite a moment for him. here we go, we have the image just released i go, we have the imagejust released i'll sir keir starmer being welcomed into buckingham palace, as prime minister, being asked by his majesty king charles to form a government. that is what is happening inside buckingham palace right now and then sir keir will leave the palace with

his wife is prime minister and head to downing street where the crowds await and he will speak to us and we will cover that on the bbc. torn baldwin, keir starmer's biographer, what will this moment mean to him? i think they will be a thought in his head _ think they will be a thought in his head about — think they will be a thought in his head about when _ think they will be a thought in his head about when he _ think they will be a thought in his head about when he came - think they will be a thought in his head about when he came to - head about when he came to buckingham _ head about when he came to buckingham palace - head about when he came to buckingham palace with - head about when he came to buckingham palace with his. head about when he came to - buckingham palace with his parents and prince — buckingham palace with his parents and prince charles _ buckingham palace with his parents and prince charles knighted - buckingham palace with his parents and prince charles knighted him. i buckingham palace with his parentsl and prince charles knighted him. he prefers— and prince charles knighted him. he prefers to _ and prince charles knighted him. he prefers to be — and prince charles knighted him. he prefers to be known _ and prince charles knighted him. he prefers to be known as _ and prince charles knighted him. he prefers to be known as keir- and prince charles knighted him. he| prefers to be known as keir starmer. it prefers to be known as keir starmer. it was _ prefers to be known as keir starmer. it was a _ prefers to be known as keir starmer. it was a moment— prefers to be known as keir starmer. it was a moment he _ prefers to be known as keir starmer. it was a moment he wanted - prefers to be known as keir starmer. it was a moment he wanted to - prefers to be known as keir starmer. it was a moment he wanted to show| it was a moment he wanted to show his mum _ it was a moment he wanted to show his mum and — it was a moment he wanted to show his mum and dad _ it was a moment he wanted to show his mum and dad that— it was a moment he wanted to show his mum and dad that he _ it was a moment he wanted to show his mum and dad that he had - it was a moment he wanted to show his mum and dad that he had done i his mum and dad that he had done something — his mum and dad that he had done something and _ his mum and dad that he had done something and make _ his mum and dad that he had done something and make them - his mum and dad that he had done something and make them proud i his mum and dad that he had donei something and make them proud of his mum and dad that he had done - something and make them proud of him and i something and make them proud of him and i think— something and make them proud of him and i think that — something and make them proud of him and i think that emery— something and make them proud of him and i think that emery will— something and make them proud of him and i think that emery will probably - and i think that emery will probably p0p and i think that emery will probably pop back— and i think that emery will probably pop back into— and i think that emery will probably pop back into his _ and i think that emery will probably pop back into his head. _ and i think that emery will probably pop back into his head. —— - and i think that emery will probably pop back into his head. —— that- pop back into his head. —— that memory — pop back into his head. —— that memory but _ pop back into his head. —— that memory. but he _ pop back into his head. —— that memory. but he will— pop back into his head. —— that memory. but he will not be - pop back into his head. —— that- memory. but he will not be wallowing in the _ memory. but he will not be wallowing in the moment — memory. but he will not be wallowing in the moment i_ memory. but he will not be wallowing in the moment. i promise— memory. but he will not be wallowing in the moment. i promise you - memory. but he will not be wallowing in the moment. i promise you that. in the moment. i promise you that think— in the moment. i promise you that think about — in the moment. i promise you that think about him _ in the moment. i promise you that think about him is _ in the moment. i promise you that think about him is he _ in the moment. i promise you that think about him is he is _ in the moment. i promise you that think about him is he is thinking i think about him is he is thinking about— think about him is he is thinking about what— think about him is he is thinking about what he _ think about him is he is thinking about what he will— think about him is he is thinking about what he will do _ think about him is he is thinking about what he will do when - think about him is he is thinking about what he will do when he i think about him is he is thinking i about what he will do when he gets to the _ about what he will do when he gets to the desk, — about what he will do when he gets to the desk, the _ about what he will do when he gets to the desk, the decisions - about what he will do when he gets to the desk, the decisions he - about what he will do when he gets to the desk, the decisions he can. to the desk, the decisions he can start— to the desk, the decisions he can start taking _ to the desk, the decisions he can start taking. this _ to the desk, the decisions he can start taking. this is _ to the desk, the decisions he can start taking. this is what - to the desk, the decisions he can start taking. this is what it - to the desk, the decisions he can start taking. this is what it is- to the desk, the decisions he can start taking. this is what it is alll start taking. this is what it is all about, _ start taking. this is what it is all about, he — start taking. this is what it is all about, he has— start taking. this is what it is all about, he has gone _ start taking. this is what it is all about, he has gone through - start taking. this is what it is alll about, he has gone through nine years— about, he has gone through nine years of— about, he has gone through nine years of opposition _ about, he has gone through nine years of opposition which - about, he has gone through nine years of opposition which he - about, he has gone through nine years of opposition which he has| years of opposition which he has hated _ years of opposition which he has hated every— years of opposition which he has hated every minute _ years of opposition which he has hated every minute of— years of opposition which he has hated every minute of it. -

years of opposition which he has hated every minute of it. he - years of opposition which he has| hated every minute of it. he isn't someone — hated every minute of it. he isn't someone who— hated every minute of it. he isn't someone who always _ hated every minute of it. he isn't someone who always wanted - hated every minute of it. he isn't someone who always wanted to i hated every minute of it. he isn't. someone who always wanted to be prime _ someone who always wanted to be prime minister, _ someone who always wanted to be prime minister, practising - someone who always wanted to be prime minister, practising his- prime minister, practising his speech— prime minister, practising his speech outside _ prime minister, practising his speech outside downing - prime minister, practising his. speech outside downing street prime minister, practising his- speech outside downing street in front of— speech outside downing street in front of them _ speech outside downing street in front of them are _ speech outside downing street in front of them are aged _ speech outside downing street in front of them are aged 16. - speech outside downing street in front of them are aged 16. he - speech outside downing street in front of them are aged 16. he is. front of them are aged 16. he is someone — front of them are aged 16. he is someone who— front of them are aged 16. he is someone who got _ front of them are aged 16. he is someone who got into - front of them are aged 16. he is someone who got into politics i someone who got into politics because — someone who got into politics because he _ someone who got into politics because he wants _ someone who got into politics because he wants to - someone who got into politics because he wants to change i someone who got into politics - because he wants to change decisions and lives _ because he wants to change decisions and lives now— because he wants to change decisions and lives. now he _ because he wants to change decisions and lives. now he wants _ because he wants to change decisions and lives. now he wants to _ because he wants to change decisions and lives. now he wants to get - because he wants to change decisions and lives. now he wants to get to - and lives. now he wants to get to that desk~ — and lives. now he wants to get to that desk at _ and lives. now he wants to get to that desk. : :, ,:, :, :,, that desk. at one point he almost resitned that desk. at one point he almost resigned after— that desk. at one point he almost resigned after hartlepool. - that desk. at one point he almost| resigned after hartlepool. because he thou . ht resigned after hartlepool. because he thought he _ resigned after hartlepool. because he thought he was _ resigned after hartlepool. because he thought he was not _ resigned after hartlepool. because he thought he was not making - resigned after hartlepool. because i he thought he was not making enough of a difference — he thought he was not making enough of a difference. if _ he thought he was not making enough of a difference. if i _ he thought he was not making enough of a difference. if i going _ he thought he was not making enough of a difference. if i going to _ he thought he was not making enough of a difference. if i going to use - 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hours to be persuaded, he had to speak to his wife and his aides i hours to be persuaded, he had to. speak to his wife and his aides and they had _ speak to his wife and his aides and they had to — speak to his wife and his aides and they had to convince _ speak to his wife and his aides and they had to convince him - speak to his wife and his aides and they had to convince him to - speak to his wife and his aides and they had to convince him to cling i speak to his wife and his aides and i they had to convince him to cling on and to— they had to convince him to cling on and to win — they had to convince him to cling on and to win that _ they had to convince him to cling on and to win. that is _ they had to convince him to cling on and to win. that is the _ and to win. that is the moment the labour— and to win. that is the moment the labour party— and to win. that is the moment the labour party accelerated. - and to win. that is the moment the labour party accelerated. i - and to win. that is the moment the labour party accelerated. i aim - labour party accelerated. i am struck by _ labour party accelerated. i am struck by the _ labour party accelerated. i am struck by the tone _ labour party accelerated. i am struck by the tone of _ labour party accelerated. i am struck by the tone of the - labour party acceleratedm struck by the tone of the image labour party accelerated.“ struck by the tone of the image we just saw of the image of keir starmer and the king and it is very serious. it starmer and the king and it is very serious. , :, , starmer and the king and it is very serious. , . , , :, , serious. it is a very serious time. that is the _ serious. it is a very serious time. that is the initial _ serious. it is a very serious time. that is the initial tone. _ serious. it is a very serious time. that is the initial tone. look - serious. it is a very serious time. that is the initial tone. look at i that is the initial tone. look at the picture _ that is the initial tone. look at the picture on _ that is the initial tone. look at the picture on the _ that is the initial tone. look at the picture on the front - that is the initial tone. look at the picture on the front of- that is the initial tone. look at - the picture on the front of labour's

manifesto, — the picture on the front of labour's manifesto, sleeves _ the picture on the front of labour's manifesto, sleeves rolled - the picture on the front of labour's manifesto, sleeves rolled up, - manifesto, sleeves rolled up, staring — manifesto, sleeves rolled up, staring down _ manifesto, sleeves rolled up, staring down the _ manifesto, sleeves rolled up, staring down the barrel- manifesto, sleeves rolled up, staring down the barrel of - manifesto, sleeves rolled up, i staring down the barrel of the camera — staring down the barrel of the camera. compare— staring down the barrel of the camera. compare that - staring down the barrel of the camera. compare that with i staring down the barrel of the i camera. compare that with tony staring down the barrel of the - camera. compare that with tony blair in 1997, _ camera. compare that with tony blair in 1997, tie _ camera. compare that with tony blair in 1997, tie loosened, _ camera. compare that with tony blair in 1997, tie loosened, gazing - camera. compare that with tony blair in 1997, tie loosened, gazing up- camera. compare that with tony blair in 1997, tie loosened, gazing up at. in 1997, tie loosened, gazing up at the horizon — in1997, tie loosened, gazing up at the horizon. this— in1997, tie loosened, gazing up at the horizon. this is— in 1997, tie loosened, gazing up at the horizon. this is a _ in1997, tie loosened, gazing up at the horizon. this is a serious- in 1997, tie loosened, gazing up at the horizon. this is a serious guyi the horizon. this is a serious guy for a _ the horizon. this is a serious guy for a very. — the horizon. this is a serious guy for a very, very— the horizon. this is a serious guy for a very, very serious - the horizon. this is a serious guy for a very, very serious time - the horizon. this is a serious guy for a very, very serious time fori for a very, very serious time for our country— for a very, very serious time for our country and _ for a very, very serious time for our country and our— for a very, very serious time for our country and our politics. - for a very, very serious time for i our country and our politics. christ almighty, — our country and our politics. christ almighty, this— our country and our politics. christ almighty, this will— our country and our politics. christ almighty, this will be _ our country and our politics. christ almighty, this will be a _ our country and our politics. christ almighty, this will be a tough - our country and our politics. christ almighty, this will be a tough ride | almighty, this will be a tough ride and he _ almighty, this will be a tough ride and he knows _ almighty, this will be a tough ride and he knows it— almighty, this will be a tough ride and he knows it and _ almighty, this will be a tough ride and he knows it and he _ almighty, this will be a tough ride and he knows it and he is- almighty, this will be a tough ride i and he knows it and he is preparing for those _ and he knows it and he is preparing for those bumps _ and he knows it and he is preparing for those bumps in _ and he knows it and he is preparing for those bumps in the _ and he knows it and he is preparing for those bumps in the road. - and he knows it and he is preparing for those bumps in the road. horas. for those bumps in the road. how much pressure — for those bumps in the road. how much pressure do _ for those bumps in the road. much pressure do you for those bumps in the road. hum. much pressure do you think for those bumps in the road. much pressure do you think you for those bumps in the road- much pressure do you think you will feel under? you have talked about pressure from the public want to change quickly. with huge majority it is pressure from the parliamentary labour party. you have this massive majority to do whatever you want. pressure on him to do things and go in certain directions. with all of those mps, lots of them new, there will be a big difference in the parliamentary labour party, as well, want there?— in the parliamentary labour party, as well, want there? yeah. they are fi . htin: as well, want there? yeah. they are fighting three _ as well, want there? yeah. they are fighting three fronts. _ as well, want there? yeah. they are fighting three fronts. you _ as well, want there? yeah. they are fighting three fronts. you have - as well, want there? yeah. they are fighting three fronts. you have a - fighting three fronts. you have a resurgencem _ fighting three fronts. you have a resurgence. . ._ fighting three fronts. you have a resurgence... fighting three fronts. you have a resuruence. .. , ., , resurgence... here is the moments we can sa .

resurgence... here is the moments we can say- this — resurgence. .. here is the moments we can say- this will— resurgence... here is the moments we can say. this will be _ resurgence... here is the moments we can say. this will be the _ resurgence... here is the moments we can say. this will be the first _ resurgence... here is the moments we can say. this will be the first time - can say. this will be the first time we see sir— can say. this will be the first time we see sir keir— can say. this will be the first time we see sir keir starmer— can say. this will be the first time we see sir keir starmer since - can say. this will be the first time we see sir keir starmer since he l we see sir keir starmer since he became prime minister. he is about to leave buckingham palace with his wife victoria, and head towards downing street, his new home, his new office, the centre of his government. a short drive and a big start. 5ir government. a short drive and a big start. ,, government. a short drive and a big start, ,, ,, ., government. a short drive and a big start. ,, ,, . ., , ., start. sir keir starmer, who is now the seventh _ start. sir keir starmer, who is now the seventh labour _ start. sir keir starmer, who is now the seventh labour prime - start. sir keir starmer, who is now| the seventh labour prime minister. he is britain's 58 prime minister. as we wait for the moment we see him, the first time we see him as the new prime minister, let's go to jane hill outside the palace. yes. jane hill outside the palace. yes, because this _ jane hill outside the palace. yes, because this is _ jane hill outside the palace. yes, because this is a _ jane hill outside the palace. yes, because this is a moment, - jane hill outside the palace. ye: because this is a moment, isn't it? that's still image tells that story.

the king, the monarch, shaking hands with the country's new prime minister, sir keir starmer. that image taken in the audience room on the first floor at buckingham palace here and daniela, that is a room the two men will meet in or scheduled to meet in, the king's health allowing, every week, this is a new relationship.— every week, this is a new relationship. every week, this is a new relationshi -. ~ , relationship. the new prime minister will aet relationship. the new prime minister will net to relationship. the new prime minister will get to know _ relationship. the new prime minister will get to know that _ relationship. the new prime minister will get to know that room _ relationship. the new prime minister will get to know that room very - relationship. the new prime minister will get to know that room very welll will get to know that room very well indeed _ will get to know that room very well indeed the — will get to know that room very well indeed. the private audience room at buckingham palace. it is within the king's— buckingham palace. it is within the king's of— buckingham palace. it is within the king's of private quarters. you can see in_ king's of private quarters. you can see in that — king's of private quarters. you can see in that image personal family photos— see in that image personal family photos are scattered around that room _ photos are scattered around that room it — photos are scattered around that room it is — photos are scattered around that room. it is an important room, it will he _ room. it is an important room, it will he the — room. it is an important room, it will be the place where privately, weekly, — will be the place where privately, weekly, the two men will meet for their audience. there is weekly, the two men will meet for theiraudience. there is the weekly, the two men will meet for their audience. there is the flight commander in the room in the background whojust commander in the room in the background who just policed the logistics — background who just policed the logistics of this moment, the photograph, but it is essentially a moment— photograph, but it is essentially a moment that will always be private, the meeting will always be private between _ the meeting will always be private

between the two men, what is said in that meeting will be kept within the walls of— that meeting will be kept within the walls of that private audience room. it is walls of that private audience room. it is the _ walls of that private audience room. it is the king's third prime minister, for a monarch who has been on the throne for not even two years. but his first elected prime minister, so constitutionally this is a significant, historically that image will be important, if only for that reason and the changing of the guide in every sense from one party to another and a new moment. as we have been reflecting, we would all perhaps love to know what conversation went on between the two men but it is the very fact that it is private that makes it so special, i suppose. this is private that makes it so special, i su ose. �* , , ., is private that makes it so special, isu--ose. a i suppose. as you say, jane, the first elected — i suppose. as you say, jane, the first elected prime _ i suppose. as you say, jane, the first elected prime minister- i suppose. as you say, jane, the first elected prime minister by i i suppose. as you say, jane, the i first elected prime minister by the kin- first elected prime minister by the king but— first elected prime minister by the king but also the first time there has been — king but also the first time there has been a change of political party in government. that in itself will be in government. that in itself will he very— in government. that in itself will be very interesting for the king, he will want _ be very interesting for the king, he will want to— be very interesting for the king, he will want to know about new policy ideas. _ will want to know about new policy ideas. new — will want to know about new policy ideas, new priorities, new cabinets, the direction — ideas, new priorities, new cabinets, the direction of travel for this new

labour_ the direction of travel for this new labour government. it is something that we _ labour government. it is something that we know the king will be interested and engaged in. the kind of person— interested and engaged in. the kind of person as the prince of wales, a little _ of person as the prince of wales, a little quieter as monarch in terms of views— little quieter as monarch in terms of views and opinions that he will be engaged in what is going on. the princi al be engaged in what is going on. ii;e: principal private secretary be engaged in what is going on. ii9 principal private secretary to the lord king and queen saying his goodbyes to keir starmer, lady victoria, the new prime minister and his wife leaving buckingham palace after the audience with the king when he was asked to form a new government and become prime minister. and so he is the country's a prime minister, he is driven away with his wife. we can hear the whistle is in the background amongst the crowds behind us, the quotation behind us, the police, lots of fluorescent jackets making their way, clearing the path for the car to have a clear run and a safe and secure run

through the streets of central london to downing street. not a long journey, not even five minutes, shouldn't be any longer than that. cheering i was pausing there because there was quite a cheer went up from the crowd behind us and i wanted to see whether we could hear anything that people were calling out. it is always so hard to know here at buckingham palace the reasons that bring people to the palace. it is a tourist attraction, of course, there will be tourists all over the world who have come here but do they also know that they are seeing the country's oh new prime minister being driven away, having had his audience with the king and now on his way to his new home as mcvey new family home, number 10 his way to his new home as mcvey new family home, numberio downing street, just a few minutes' drive away. as it gets noisy at the palace, the helicopters and security

overhead, and being driven down the mall to downing street and i will hand you back to our teams there. thank you. the scene in downing street could not be more different to that scene of real liberty and formality, the picture with the king, sir keir starmerand his formality, the picture with the king, sir keir starmer and his wife lady victoria coming out, grinning away as they get into their official car but here in downing street, you can see the lectern which came out and a cheer came up from the labour activists gathering here and leave it script writer could hardly have dreamt of this. it was raining and drizzling this morning. now keir starmer has become prime minister and is on his way to downing street, the sun has come out. in a sense, despite keir starmer's often still be doing as a politician, as you are discussing with tom baldwin, the dramatic turnaround he has been able to achieve as labour leader is really the stuff of some kind of

political legend. it was not what the vast majority of people in the labour movement and labour party thought was possible in 2019. indeed, some people in the labour party —— because some people thought labour party could be out forever, there were discussions about whether or not the party should disband. and yet here, british voters have shown themselves willing to change their mind in large number, and it keir starmer is not to far it now from making the shortjourney from his official car, we expect him to walk up official car, we expect him to walk up downing street and greet some of the people who have helped him in the people who have helped him in the campaign, who have worked so hard behind—the—scenes, some of them i have spotted in the crowd who have worked with him for so long. and no doubt as he makes the shortjourney up doubt as he makes the shortjourney up the street before addressing the country at the lectern he will want to shake hands, perhaps praise a few of them, give them a word, a smile, and no doubt give them a thank you. we can see the cars turning as they

get ever closer to downing street. sir keir starmer making the short journey, one that's not so long ago he might hardly have dared dream was possible. we can now here in downing street the helicopter overhead, you can see lady victoria get out of the car in her red dress, keir starmer get out of the car on the other side, and they have not stopped at the end of downing street. they have got out, slightly round the corner in whitehall, suggesting they will come into downing street on foot, creating, as was suggested, a very different image. he will not sweep up different image. he will not sweep up the streets in that prime ministerialjaguar, the armoured car, it looks like they are being squirrelled away through one of whitehall�*s many exclusive tunnels and corridors. genuinely the corridors of power. he will then emerge here in downing street will

stop you can see that is just around the back of horse guards parade, right in the heart of whitehall, where governments over the centuries have wielded such power and influence. that centre of political power which now belongs to keir starmer and the labour party. it is likely here in downing street when he speaks to the country he will strike a very serious tone about the job ahead. but i think since the victory became clear in the early hours of the morning, in fact confirmed by rishi sunak, the first person to say out loud, before we have passed the magic marker labour of 326 seats, giving them a majority, ironically it was rishi sunak it was the first to say labour has won this general election. he revealed before 5am that he had already called keir starmer to congratulate him when it labour technically were still short of that

majority. some eight or so hours later, keir starmer is now here. and he isjust moments later, keir starmer is now here. and he is just moments away from making a historic walk up downing street. and without question, after the formality of all of those pictures at buckingham palace, i am sure he will be greeted with rapturous cheers by his supporters, friends and practising waving their flags, is keir, there, and everywhere. rather different to the tourist crowds outside buckingham palace. they have been practising that chant. then they are, clutching notjust union jacks, but look at that, saltires and the welsh flag. there will be no accident about that. no accident whatsoever. because labour has picked up seats in wales, they have done extremely well in scotland, and

that has all been part of adding up keir starmer's majority safely over 400 seats which will give him, as this date moves towards the afternoon, his first afternoon in power. an enormous majority. enormous political power. studio: the new prime minister's suite, we are used to seeing the new prime minister sweep through the gates of downing street. where do we think sir keir starmer is going to arrive from? sophie, it is a bit of a guessing game. i know this neck of the woods pretty well, but i think he went into one of the courtyard is just off horse guards parade, so he is somewhere to the right of the historic shiny door. but there are all sorts of warrants and ways through. i think he will probably p0p through. i think he will probably pop out at the end of some of the cabinet office buildings down at the

whitehall end of downing street. through a secure way round, rather than having to walk up whitehall and past members of the public. security of course for keir starmer has been tight as leader of the opposition, but now as prime minister and the leader of the six biggest economy in the world and as the leader of a country that has a significant military and security role around the world, security for him will go through the roof now. so he will not be wandering up whitehall three members of the public, i wouldn't expect. he will probably pop out through some part of whitehall at the end of downing street and then walk up the street. i don't think he will go past his crowds of supporters who have gathered here in the sunshine. maybe he will pop out surprisingly from the other end, i don't know. based on a decent knowledge of this neck of the words, i have been trying to identify buildings from the air! i hope i am right and he will not pop out of the door behind us. i cannot imagine he

will do that. studio: this is about setting a different tone, isn't it? laura: yes, without question. alastair campbell said earlier he would not do the big celebratory thing. but i think after the formality of the palace and you think about the superhuman efforts campaigners and activists and politicians in all political parties put in during all campaigns and particularly in this context, the idea they would not allow themselves a few moments of flag—waving and baby kissing and greeting congratulation and celebration from keir starmer's oh supporters and aides, the idea they would not indulge in a bit of that was probably for the birds. however, i think he will strike a pretty businesslike tone in his speech. offering as he did around 5am speaking in the tate modern, he did talk about sunlight of hope returning to the uk. returning that sense a promise that people's children would always do better than

them. the return of that social contract between generations that he says has been somewhat stretched and strained after 1a years of conservative governments. so he will try to offer hope as well. but at one point during the campaign which was such a keir starmer statement, he said he offered frank hope. that was not a man called frank hope. a sense of, i am keir starmer and was not a man called frank hope. a sense of, lam keir starmer and i was not a man called frank hope. a sense of, i am keir starmer and i am not going to promise you a nirvana overnight. i think we will hear this in a few moments. he has tried to say throughout this campaign, a commitment that under his leadership, britain can be a better place, but a warning to the country that it may well take some time. but it will be interesting, sophie and john. i think that in the next couple of weeks, we are likely to hear from senior politicians, those new members of the cabinet we expect to see in downing street later today, i expect they will shift some of the story they are telling the

public to include a sense that things might be even worse than they had expected. i think they might try to set some kind of ground zero. but at this moment, the sun is shining on downing street where the sun does not often shine, it has to be said. slightly strange in downing street. but we can show you that form a picture of the king greeting the new prime minister of the united kingdom. his supporters are here in downing street, standing in the sunshine. broad smiles everywhere to be seen. lining up along the street. and i do expect that they will all be ready to make the most of every single second. as their leader, the leader of the labour party, who could not have dreamt of this moment in 2019, is about to arrive. but i am still guessing where he will pop out in downing street. i keep looking up the street and down the street. we will shout as soon as we

see him. :, :, ~' , street. we will shout as soon as we see him. , , ,., see him. look up, maybe he is about to parachute — see him. look up, maybe he is about to parachute down, _ see him. look up, maybe he is about to parachute down, who _ see him. look up, maybe he is about to parachute down, who knows! - see him. look up, maybe he is about to parachute down, who knows! that| to parachute down, who knows! that would be ed — to parachute down, who knows! that would be ed davey on a bungee rope! sir keir starmer torch during the campaign about growing up in a working—class family and in pebble—dashed semi in surrey. and here he is about to arrive at one of the most famous addresses in the world at number 10. we can see lady victoria in the red dress, sir keir getting in the other side of the car. we understand they got out of the car round the back of downing street. i think that is the treasury. they are now getting back into the car and they will head around the front. laura, it looks like they will make the traditional entrance through the gates, but they obviously had a pit stop along the way. ila obviously had a pit stop along the wa . :, , : obviously had a pit stop along the wa , :, , : , , way. no secret tunnels being reuuired way. no secret tunnels being required to — way. no secret tunnels being required to lead _ way. no secret tunnels being required to lead to _ way. no secret tunnels being required to lead to some - way. no secret tunnels being | required to lead to some kind way. no secret tunnels being i required to lead to some kind of surprise entrance. perhaps they were just making a pit stop and having a private moment together before one enormous momentjust after

private moment together before one enormous moment just after another moment i wonder perhaps if they were saying to each other things they had been thinking of saying for a very, very long time, a private moment together. perhaps they were there to see their children and acknowledge their importance as a family at this enormous moment for them. we don't know what happens behind closed doors. but they are now back in the car and they are literally round the cornerfrom here, john. who knows what they were up to in that moment! they are coming back onto whitehall. they are coming back onto whitehall. they are coming back onto whitehall. they are just turning back onto whitehall. and they are quite literally round the corner from downing street now. ajourney literally round the corner from downing street now. a journey that for the labour party, has felt for so long so far and so impossible, has now almost come to an end. with a labour prime ministerfor the first time walking into downing

street for the first time in so many years. you can hear cheering from his supporters waiting for him in downing street. the gates are open at the end of the street, causing cheering to go up. here come the outriders. they will flank him everywhere he goes now. the 58th prime minister of the united kingdom arriving in downing street in that role for the first time. applause cheering

sir keir starmer thanking and greeting his supporters. a beaming smile as he shakes hands. with those who have supported him for so long. that was pat mcfadden, who has been the chief of this campaign. shaking his hand. keir starmer looking elated. that is an image of the labour leader we have so rarely seen in public. hugs, smiles. cheers. and handshakes. cheering

as he crosses as he crosses over as he crosses over the famous street with his wife, vic as he often refers to her. making his way across that line of supporters. a hug from his long—time aide. and such is the desire of his supporters, friends to greet him as he walks along the line that it is

taking him quite a long time to get to the lectern. they are enjoying every moment of this. keir! keir! and time for the waiting cameras in — keir! keir! and time for the waiting cameras in a _ keir! keir! and time for the waiting cameras in a second. _ keir! keir! and time for the waiting cameras in a second. but _ keir! keir! and time for the waiting cameras in a second. but first, - keir! keir! and time for the waiting cameras in a second. but first, the| cameras in a second. but first, the final bank use to friends, activists, campaigners. those people who have worked alongside keir starmer and his wife so hard and for so long —— thank you. and here he comes up to the lectern. only the seventh ever labour prime

minister. : ~ only the seventh ever labour prime minister. :, ~ , :, ,., :, only the seventh ever labour prime minister. :, ~ , :, ., minister. thank you. good afternoon. i have 'ust minister. thank you. good afternoon. i have just returned _ minister. thank you. good afternoon. i have just returned from _ minister. thank you. good afternoon. i have just returned from buckingham palace, where i accepted an invitation from his majesty the king to form the next government of this great nation. i want to thank the outgoing prime minister rishi sunak. his achievement is the first british asian prime minister of our country, the extra effort that that will have required should not be underestimated by anyone. but we pay tribute to that today. and we also recognise the dedication and hard work he brought to his leadership.

but now our country has voted decisively for change. for national renewal and a return of politics to public service. when the gap between the sacrifices made by people and the sacrifices made by people and the service they received from politicians grows this big, it leads to a weariness in the heart of a nation. a draining away of the hope, the spirit, the belief in a better future. we need to move forward together. now this wound, this lack of trust can only be healed by actions, not words. i know that. but we can make a start today with the simple acknowledgement that public

service is a privilege and that your government should treat every single person in this country with respect. if you voted labour yesterday, we will carry the responsibility of your trust as we rebuild our country. but whether you voted labour or not, in fact, especially if you did not, i say to you directly, my government will serve you. politics can be a force for good. we will show that. we have changed the labour party, returned it to service, and that is how we will govern. country first, party second. yet if i'm honest service is merely a precondition of hope and it is

surely clear to everyone that our country needs a bigger reset, a rediscovery of who we are, because no matter how fierce the storms of history, one of the great strengths of this nation has always been our ability to navigate away to calmer waters and yet this depends on politicians. particularly those who stand for stability and moderation, as i do. recognising when we must change course. for too long now, we have turned a blind eye as millions slid into greater insecurity. nurses, builders, drivers, carers. people doing the right thing, working harder every day, recognise at moments like this before, yet as soon as the cameras stopped rolling, their lives are ignored. i wanted to

say very clearly to those people, not this time. changing a country is not this time. changing a country is not like flicking a switch. the world is now a more volatile place. this will take a while. but have no doubt that the work of change begins immediately. have no doubt that we will rebuild britain with wealth created in every community. our nhs back on its feet facing the future. secure borders, safer streets. everyone treated with dignity and respect at work. the opportunity of clean british power, putting your energy bills. and brick by brick, we will rebuild the infrastructure of opportunity, the world—class schools and colleges, the affordable homes

that i know are the ingredients of hope for working people. the security that working—class families like mine can build their lives around. because if i asked you now whether you believe that britain will be better for your children, whether you believe that britain will be betterfor your children, i know, too many of you —— i know that too many of you would say no. and so my government will fight every day until you believe again. from now on, you have a government unburdened by doctrine, guided only by the determination to serve your interests, to defy quietly those who have written our country off. you have written our country off. you have given us a clear mandate and we will use it to deliver change, to restore service and respect to

politics. end the era of noisy performance, tread more lightly, and unite our country. four nations standing together again, facing down, as we have so often in our past, the challenges of an insecure world, committed to a calm and patient rebuilding. so, with respect and humility, i invite you all to join this government of service in the mission of national renewal. our work is urgent, and we begin it today. thank you very much. cheering applause cheering

keir starmer inviting the country to join him in his government of service. an embrace for carolyn harris, one of his close mp colleagues, as he says thank you and embraces more of his supporters who have gathered here in downing street, who have listened with the country to keir starmer's first speech to the nation. as prime minister. joining hands once more with his wife, victoria, a family friend there, or perhaps her father. victoria, a family friend there, or perhaps herfather. we will check that and get back to you! clearly huge scenes of emotion here in downing street for keir starmer and his family. a man who has come our

nation's prime minister, and who not so long ago... cheering and there we are, a historic image. labour's a seventh prime minister, sir keir starmer. the first downing

street wave. cheering and we will stay on these pictures as keir starmer, having made history, walks through the famous door into the entrance hall of downing street, being greeted by sir simon case, who served boris johnson, liz truss and rishi sunak. being clapped in as is traditional by the civil servants who will now work on his agenda. outside, almost a carnival atmosphere among labour supporters and activists who came to downing street to watch it and to watch keir starmer address nation for the first time as prime minister, promising a government of service. promising to restore trust,

saying, i will fight until you believe it. interesting, very much a theme of the campaign and straightaway keir starmer acknowledging what many voters have felt, that there are plenty of things about this country that have just felt they don't work any more, acknowledging the extent of public frustration, and promising to rebuild the nation. let's have a quick word with chris mason who was alongside me in downing street. it is almost as if keir starmer looked unburdened, almost two inches taller with the importance. what did you think of the speech? i with the importance. what did you think of the speech?— with the importance. what did you think of the speech? i thought that, it has been striking _ think of the speech? i thought that, it has been striking following - think of the speech? i thought that, it has been striking following him i it has been striking following him over the last couple of years and seeing his growth in confidence as the likelihood of this moment inched closer and closer. throughout the campaign, he was desperate never to appear in any sense triumphant. he has allowed himself at the moment because in and amongst the choreography that we always expect

at these moments, an element of partisan choreography, party supporters with their flags and the chance for the new prime minister and his wife to greet some of their supporters and i guess, given the scale of their victory, you can see why you might be tempted but we should be clear about who those people are. then the expectation management from keir starmer, attempting to pitch the tent wider than his majority, to talk to people who did not vote labour at the general election. but then to acknowledge that one word slogan we have heard repeatedly for the last six weeks, change, cannot be delivered quickly and he acknowledged that explicitly. because the flip side to a giant majority might be that the sense of expectation relatively soon, given the challenges he faces in the country faces, people will want to see delivery. he was marking the card of the wider country that that

will take time. . card of the wider country that that will take time.— will take time. , he spoke about instability around _ will take time. , he spoke about instability around the _ will take time. , he spoke about instability around the world. - will take time. , he spoke about instability around the world. he | instability around the world. he said no matter how fierce the storms we going to we will reach a calm that water, saying he would govern with stability and moderation. i think that was a pretty undisguised acknowledgement of the turmoil we have seen in this street in the last few years, as you know. undeniably. the biggest — few years, as you know. undeniably. the biggest element _ few years, as you know. undeniably. the biggest element of _ few years, as you know. undeniably. the biggest element of difference i few years, as you know. undeniably. the biggest element of difference in | the biggest element of difference in a big sense that he has been attempting to draw as a distinction between him and the conservatives is the chaos, frankly, that there has been with the rotation of prime ministers in recent years. the succession of so many secretaries of state in the key departments around whitehall, and trying to make a virtue out of stability after a period of years, the best part of the last decade, when there simply

has not been stability. whether or not he can deliver that, let's see. he will be helped, i guess, by the size of that majority but they will be all sorts of events to come. domestically and around the world. they will test that hope from his perspective. they will test that hope from his perspective-— they will test that hope from his --ersective. :, ., , perspective. you can feel and see in downin: perspective. you can feel and see in downing street. _ perspective. you can feel and see in downing street, on _ perspective. you can feel and see in downing street, on the _ perspective. you can feel and see in downing street, on the faces - perspective. you can feel and see in downing street, on the faces of- perspective. you can feel and see in downing street, on the faces of the | downing street, on the faces of the campaigners and activists who have been here, quite a few of them wiping away tears, stopping to take their own photographs of a historic moment for their party and it must also feel for many of them, you can see an enormously emotional moment. there were cheers when keir starmer arrived and then suddenly completely silent while he was speaking, you could hardly hear a pin drop. they listened with rapt attention as he made his promises, and his words may not be received in the same way on tv, radio and online when people who are not labour supporters hearing

his words around the country. but keir starmer, this very choreographed, but for these people very moving and emotional occasion, making a promise notjust to them but in keir starmer's words, making a promise to the country. we will rebuild britain. people who have been ignored by previous politicians, not this time, he said. i will fight until you believe again. a big promise, sophie and jon. easierto again. a big promise, sophie and jon. easier to say than achieve. certainly is. laura, thank you. we are in the studio just outside the house of commons with tom baldwin, sir keir starmer's biographer, who was watching those images very intensely, you know a lot of the people there cheering him on and you spent a lot of time with him in the last few days. i spent a lot of time with him in the last few days-— last few days. i thought it was really significant _ last few days. i thought it was really significant that - last few days. i thought it was really significant that some i last few days. i thought it was really significant that some of| last few days. i thought it was i really significant that some of the people _ really significant that some of the people he shook hands with and hooked — people he shook hands with and hooked just before his speech, very old friends —

hooked just before his speech, very old friends. —— hugged. i spotted a old friends. —— hugged. ! spotted a university— old friends. —— hugged. i spotted a university friend and someone who worked _ university friend and someone who worked with him when he was human rights _ worked with him when he was human rights lawyer. those friends are a huge _ rights lawyer. those friends are a huge part— rights lawyer. those friends are a huge part of his scaffolding. they are the _ huge part of his scaffolding. they are the people who are there to keep his feet _ are the people who are there to keep his feet on _ are the people who are there to keep his feet on the ground and keep them connected _ his feet on the ground and keep them connected to the real world. i thought— connected to the real world. i thought his speech was interesting. he did _ thought his speech was interesting. he did talk about stability and a sense _ he did talk about stability and a sense of— he did talk about stability and a sense of trying to steer the ship to calmer— sense of trying to steer the ship to calmer waters. then he also recognised this thing about trust. he recognised there are a lot of people — he recognised there are a lot of people really angry and contentious of all politics. he addressed everybody, people who didn't vote labour _ everybody, people who didn't vote labour in — everybody, people who didn't vote labour in particular. i think he is trying _ labour in particular. i think he is trying to— labour in particular. i think he is trying to say, look, we have a big problem — trying to say, look, we have a big problem in — trying to say, look, we have a big problem in democracy now. in a year's _ problem in democracy now. in a year's time, _ problem in democracy now. in a year's time, our democracy could look— year's time, our democracy could look more — year's time, our democracy could look more like france or america unless— look more like france or america unless he — look more like france or america unless he can demonstrate some change — unless he can demonstrate some change. that last phrase he used, brick— change. that last phrase he used, brick by— change. that last phrase he used, brick by brick, it will not be showy, _ brick by brick, it will not be showy, that noisy performance, as he put it _ showy, that noisy performance, as he put it it _ showy, that noisy performance, as he put it it will— showy, that noisy performance, as he put it. it will be brick by brick

but he — put it. it will be brick by brick but he is _ put it. it will be brick by brick but he is trying to get something solid _ but he is trying to get something solid done to rebuild.— solid done to rebuild. service. i don't know _ solid done to rebuild. service. i don't know how _ solid done to rebuild. service. i don't know how many - solid done to rebuild. service. i don't know how many times i solid done to rebuild. service. i don't know how many times he| solid done to rebuild. service. i- don't know how many times he used the word to serve or a service but again, keeping. the word to serve or a service but again. keeping-— the word to serve or a service but again, keeping. heat uses service, resect, again, keeping. heat uses service, respect. ordinary _ again, keeping. heat uses service, respect, ordinary hope, _ again, keeping. heat uses service, respect, ordinary hope, not- again, keeping. heat uses service, respect, ordinary hope, not some l respect, ordinary hope, not some sort of— respect, ordinary hope, not some sort of speculative hope. it is about— sort of speculative hope. it is about being grounded but it is patriotically valued, not ideology, there _ patriotically valued, not ideology, there is— patriotically valued, not ideology, there is no— patriotically valued, not ideology, there is no such thing as starmerism, he roots himself in traditional— starmerism, he roots himself in traditional values like service and duty and — traditional values like service and duty and respect. as such, what he wants— duty and respect. as such, what he wants to _ duty and respect. as such, what he wants to do — duty and respect. as such, what he wants to do is be a prime minister who looks — wants to do is be a prime minister who looks like this country, can fit into the _ who looks like this country, can fit into the folds rather than draw a straight — into the folds rather than draw a straight line through the country. we will— straight line through the country. we will find out if he can do it because — we will find out if he can do it because it _ we will find out if he can do it because it will be a tough ride. but what _ because it will be a tough ride. but what he _ because it will be a tough ride. but what he wants to do is bring that sense _ what he wants to do is bring that sense of— what he wants to do is bring that sense of patriotism which everyone can feel— sense of patriotism which everyone can feel proud of the country. a really— can feel proud of the country. a really tough task. i can feel proud of the country. a really tough task.— can feel proud of the country. a really tough task. i know you have been u- really tough task. i know you have been up all _ really tough task. i know you have been up all night, _ really tough task. i know you have been up all night, thank _ really tough task. i know you have

been up all night, thank you i really tough task. i know you have been up all night, thank you for. been up all night, thank you for joining us this afternoon. what been up all night, thank you for joining us this afternoon. what a bus few joining us this afternoon. what a busy few hours _ joining us this afternoon. what a busy few hours here _ joining us this afternoon. what a busy few hours here in _ joining us this afternoon. what a i busy few hours here in westminster. we now have a new prime minister, sir keir starmer, whose labour party won that landslide, over a10 seats in the general election and in the last few minutes we have seen him address the nation, saying that change begins immediately, that he wants to move the country forward together. wants to move the country forward touether. :, together. elliott we saw the departure — together. elliott we saw the departure of— together. elliott we saw the departure of the _ together. elliott we saw the departure of the former i together. elliott we saw the i departure of the former prime minister, rishi sunak, who apologised after the conservative party's general election defeat, the worst in its parliamentary history, with just over 120 mp5 worst in its parliamentary history, withjust over 120 mp5 remaining. it withjust over 120 mps remaining. it is not over yet, don't go anywhere, we will bring you all the news at one o'clock, a summary of what has happened so far, and of course we will bring you all the latest news about cabinet appointments because the work, as keir starmer said, begins now. first, let's have a quick moment to remember what happened overnight and this morning.

my my government will fight every day until you believe again. from now on, you have a government unburdened by doctrine, it guided only by the determination to serve your interest, to defy quietly those who have written our country off. we did it! cheering

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